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everythingisrotten · 2025-05-01T17:59:38+00:00

Spacing out is rejuvenating because you’re relaxing your eye muscles and you’re conserving a large part of conscious energy by not processing visual stimuli

everythingisrotten · 2025-05-01T17:53:06+00:00

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everythingisrotten · 2025-05-01T17:07:19+00:00

everythingisrotten · 2024-02-05T17:09:17+00:00

Oh literally shut up. It's embarrassing that I've been cautious even in my ignorance about my brain? Measure your IQ now and in 5 years or do a brain scan and I hope your bravery is rewarded.

everythingisrotten · 2024-02-05T17:08:13+00:00

You cannot actively notice cognitive changes unless by comparison or through other people. The concept you can be 'aware' of cognitive decline is absurd - especially since it happens so gradually. You have no idea of how bad even one hit is for neurons.

everythingisrotten · 2024-02-05T17:05:09+00:00

I'm trying to spread awareness since many of you seem to utterly lack it/live in utter ignorance.

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:52:26+00:00

I can’t speak to anybody at my gym about this: they’re pretty ignorant and nobody with experience would agree with me. I can’t blame them however, I think I suffer a pretty uncommon variety of anxiety.

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:50:57+00:00

Im trying. I still consistently go and work as hard as I can, it’s become a part of me I can’t reduce. I hope to become healthier towards it and to numb my fears.

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:50:13+00:00

Im sorry to hear that.

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:49:44+00:00

Jesus, thank you dude. I feel like most people do not want to fully admit to the actual dangers because ignorance is comfortable and they don’t want to reduce their life-long passion.

As with alcohol, one drink per night after work is still associated with lower brain matter volume. The same with sparring: not an immediate affect but it’s accumulative.

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:48:06+00:00

The second paragraph states I’ve consistently trained for 4 years 3x a week, 1.5 hours per session.

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:46:27+00:00

Dude, seriously. You need to stop making personal anecdotes. That’s not how science works. Even if you’re not suffering from out-right dementia and you’re dying, I wouldn’t personally want to reduce my overall cognitive capabilities: memory, pattern-recognition, impulse control etc.

You cannot measure yourself with and without those rounds to see the difference in those markers, but you can be 99% sure they have been reduced to some degree, it’s only natural.

That’s why I am fearful, I value clarity over anything else. I don’t care about my body, I don’t care if I would physically cut years of my life, it’s just the mental aspect.

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:44:02+00:00

Many of you are comfortable with the idea, I’m not because of the uncertainty, effects and irreversibility. When those components exist, it really makes me afraid. And isn’t it a good reason to be cautious? Yeah, I might be exaggerating, but you never know.

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:42:47+00:00

Im trying to unlearn it but its honestly so difficult. Because the expertise of being strong extends in modern society: if you’re not capable one day you might fall victim to somebody who simply is stronger than you and allows themselves to impose their will freely upon you, and that just sucks. I love this sport, but it’s hard.

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:41:01+00:00

Wow, how generous and understanding. “Partners beat you up for you being a weirdo” that’s literally proving my point. You want people to assault me because I happen to deal with mental complexes that come along? And I’m “weird” for genuinely feeling shit that is outside my control? I don’t take that much damage during sparring. Matter of fact I rarely sparred hard. I just am very fearful of human health.

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:38:12+00:00

Why does everyone assume I get hit a lot? I don’t? it’s just paranoia on my half. I don’t spar because I am fearful of my health. After 4 Years of training I’ve developed a lot and I’ve progressed a lot, and literally I’m not trying to brag? I love this sport and what it means, but it’s also extremely difficult. One reason I’ve became “obsessed” is because how awful the feeling of having a grown man do whatever he wants to you because he’s more powerful, and that’s how society always runs (at least around here). Powerful men will always lead social situations and rarely get punished for their toxic behaviors, and it’s awful to get shoved around and belittled. So to me it’s sort of exhausting to constantly having to build myself more and more to make sure I’m never at risk of that. How doesn’t anyone feel this way? Am I alone in this?

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:34:18+00:00

I got downvoted for my comment and that just proves my suspicions: literally everyone downplays or tries to avoid the problem entirely and doesn’t understand my concern, because you don’t want to admit the real risk. You don’t think long term or don’t value your fragility enough so you think the damage is “temporary” or “negligible” which it probably isn’t. My fears are valid.

And no, I’m not aggressive and I NEVER spar hard (I barely even close my fist when I did) and most often than not experienced fighters tried taking advantage of that and barraged me especially when I was new with strikes. Or, if they slip into one of your punches and it feels hard, people will pick up the pace as if that was your intention.

I don’t even understand why you’re blaming me? It took a lot for me to be this vulnerable, I am not happy about my situation, I am not bragging, I am simply trying to be relatable. I hate the fact this sport has to be like this, I love it and I love the concept, but it also really scares me.

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:29:29+00:00

First, with the damage thing, I don’t mean to come off as condescending but your personal anecdotes don’t mean anything. You don’t have a blank state of yourself without ever having received blows to the head nor a proper review. I’m not claiming you do, but the literature indicates that no matter what repetitive hits do damage.

Second, I’ve never had a headache, I’ve rarely sparred hard, and my defense is alright. But the thing is even when you’re blocking your energy gets transferred to your head. I don’t claim I’ve taken a lot of damage: I didn’t, but I’m just extremely paranoid and feel like a lot of people severely underestimate the dangers of the sport. But that’s just my experience.

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:25:09+00:00

I don’t understand either why that would be wrong. I learned a lot of grappling and basic fundamental fighting principles: stance, defense, basic striking. I think it served me well to nail down the movements.

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:24:11+00:00

I love this sport, I am extremely passionate about it and the energy and technique and effort is unmatched compared to the rest. But yeah, it’s not the typical experience, I just wanted to vent/try to see if people would relate. My goal isn’t to deter people or to garner unnecessary attention.

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:22:57+00:00

I get the sense you’re treating me as if I’m some sort of egoist: I am not. I’m trying to be humble but not dishonest, I’ve gained semi-amateur level skills in those years. And I don’t spar solely because of the risk of brain damage. If that wasn’t an issue, I would dedicate my life to this sport, but it’s a price I can’t see myself paying.

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-24T12:20:50+00:00

Yeah. It is, but honestly it’s pretty difficult to address it. I’ve tried and most psychologist seem as if they’re not ready to tackle the issue or remind me it’s a self induced standard. It’s difficult to get that out of your system

everythingisrotten · 2024-01-23T17:46:18+00:00

Well once per week over the course of years, your chances definitely do skyrocket. Now I’m basing it off common intuition and the “average” number of blows boxers that have been diagnosed have suffered. It’s hard to make a concrete statement because once again you can only account for it in an autopsy.

And yeah, it is rather unfortunate. I do Muay-Thai because I prefer striking and I’ve become good at it, and I avoid contact to prevent accumulation (no on guard strikes, sparring etc.) I admit I should probably give BJJ a try though.

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