Simi Valley Brain Injury Lawyer for Antisocial Behaviors Possibly Related to Traumatic
Brain Injuries in Sports-Active Children and Adults
People are encouraged to be more sports-active today, to keep fit at every age from childhood to
when an individual is elderly and considered well past retirement age. But anyone who plays
contact sports as a child or as an adult can fall or be hit in the head, and develop a traumatic brain
injury. You can even suffer a traumatic brain injury or TBI, just from being hit by a stray ball or
watching a sport. That means that you can be seriously injured with a TBI, when you were not
even participating in a sport at all. If this happens, you will want to talk to a law firm who is
experienced in handling cases that result in a traumatic brain injury. When you call us today at
the Walch Injury Lawyers you can talk to our legal team, and express your concerns regarding
your TBI and any negative and detrimental changes to your life that you experienced, as a result
of your serious head injury.
Anyone can get a traumatic brain injury, and you don’t have to be boxing or playing an
aggressive sport to get a TBI that can affect your personality to make you more “aggressive”
from the brain injury. Traumatic brain injuries can easily occur, when a person is hit hard enough
in the head to result in severe and often permanent brain injury and trauma. If a person is hit in
the head during a sporting event, that person can experience antisocial behaviors as a result of
having a TBI. That means that if you are hit hard on the head, or even are hurt in the head
watching a sport being played, you are at a much higher risk of developing an aggressive and
antisocial behavior problem as a result of your brain injury. Children and adults can suffer the
same risks of developing an antisocial behavior, related to having had a past TBI. Let’s review
some of the situations when a TBI can lead to unwanted negative and antisocial behaviors,
related to a serious head injury.
People can be naturally aggressive, and being hit in the head can make this personality trait even
more prominent. This is not to say that if you are a competitive person and are hit in the head
from falling down in a friendly game of pickleball with your neighbor, that you will suddenly
become hyper aggressive and experience a complete personality shift. But if you experience a
TBI, it can lead to a sequence of problems related to aggressive behaviors later on, as you
recover from your brain injury and accident causing a brain trauma. These new behaviors related
to being hit in the head, or from falling down and injuring your head, can result in:
Higher levels of natural aggression towards others
Antisocial behavior such as breaking the rules
Being more verbally aggressive after a TBI
Becoming more physically aggressive towards friends, family and coworkers
Becoming more impulsive as a change in personality
Experiencing dysregulated behavioral changes
Developing psychiatric disorders
Having unexpected and severe mood behavioral changes
Noticing and experiencing personality changes
There are many clinical research studies that link being hit in the head or falling down and
injuring your head, which may lead to cognitive, emotional and behavioral changes and mood disorders as a result of that injury. Sometimes, a TBI can also trigger the use of drugs and
alcohol, and can be linked to the possible development of other mental health disorders. This is
not to say that if you are participating in a game of touch football with friends and fall to hit your
head, that you will automatically become extremely aggressive and develop a mental health
disorder. But it does relate to the issue that a TBI can cause you to encounter in your personality
a more aggressive temperament and demeanor, which can be a surprising change to your
personality after a TBI injury.
Simi Valley Brain Injury Lawyer- Walch Law Firm
Studies of people who have had a TBI also can become severely depressed, which can lead to
more aggression and aggressive behavior in an individual over time. Each person who develops a
traumatic brain injury from being hurt in a sport will react differently to the TBI, but the risk of
developing an aggressive personality disorder, more aggression in general, or a neurological
disorder that may manifest in being more aggressive can occur. For example, study research
shows that young male offenders who have had a TBI in their past medical history, may be more
prone to violent behavior, because of the TBIs that they suffered in childhood.
If you or your child has experienced a traumatic brain injury, you will want to get the medical
help you need immediately, to prevent permanent brain damage that can affect unwanted
antisocial behaviors. You can call us now at 844.999.5342 right now, to review your claim today.
References
Maresca, G., Lo Buono, V., Anselmo, A., Cardile, D., Formica, C., Latella, D., Quartarone, A.,
& Corallo, F. (2023). Traumatic Brain Injury and Related Antisocial Behavioral Outcomes: A
Systematic Review. Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 59(8), 1377.
https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59081377