James Kimmel, Jr.

If you're a little more aggressive, you might, Flip the finger at that person. If you're a little more aggressive, you might start tailgating them. If you're a little more aggressive than that, you might try and cut them off. And if you're a lot more aggressive, you might pull a gun on that person. So there are these different stages of seeking revenge. So why do people do this?

Why do we have road rage killings? And why do we have road rage accidents? And why don't we just have a lot of anger on the road from something as simple as being cut off in traffic? And what we know now is that that is your way You being the victimized driver of this guy that cut you off. That is your way of trying to make yourself feel better after the pain of being cut off.

Why do we have road rage killings? And why do we have road rage accidents? And why don't we just have a lot of anger on the road from something as simple as being cut off in traffic? And what we know now is that that is your way You being the victimized driver of this guy that cut you off. That is your way of trying to make yourself feel better after the pain of being cut off.

Why do we have road rage killings? And why do we have road rage accidents? And why don't we just have a lot of anger on the road from something as simple as being cut off in traffic? And what we know now is that that is your way You being the victimized driver of this guy that cut you off. That is your way of trying to make yourself feel better after the pain of being cut off.

And that's an important insight for humanity because we've never understood until now what the biological cause of any form of violence is. And now we know the biological cause is almost all forms of violence are violence.

And that's an important insight for humanity because we've never understood until now what the biological cause of any form of violence is. And now we know the biological cause is almost all forms of violence are violence.

And that's an important insight for humanity because we've never understood until now what the biological cause of any form of violence is. And now we know the biological cause is almost all forms of violence are violence.

are the result of revenge seeking so we know that from vast public databases and law enforcement agencies now all generally agree and behavioral studies that almost every form of violence is the result of the perpetrator having felt victimized and now trying to make themselves feel better acting out neural circuitry of pleasure and reward seeking to make themselves feel better

are the result of revenge seeking so we know that from vast public databases and law enforcement agencies now all generally agree and behavioral studies that almost every form of violence is the result of the perpetrator having felt victimized and now trying to make themselves feel better acting out neural circuitry of pleasure and reward seeking to make themselves feel better

are the result of revenge seeking so we know that from vast public databases and law enforcement agencies now all generally agree and behavioral studies that almost every form of violence is the result of the perpetrator having felt victimized and now trying to make themselves feel better acting out neural circuitry of pleasure and reward seeking to make themselves feel better

And the last component is you have a prefrontal cortex in your brain, which is your executive function and control circuitry. And that's there to stop you from doing things that hurt yourself or other people.

And the last component is you have a prefrontal cortex in your brain, which is your executive function and control circuitry. And that's there to stop you from doing things that hurt yourself or other people.

And the last component is you have a prefrontal cortex in your brain, which is your executive function and control circuitry. And that's there to stop you from doing things that hurt yourself or other people.

In addiction, that circuitry is generally seen and believed to have been inhibited or hijacked so that you no longer have the clarity of decision making that you might have in a more calmer state.

In addiction, that circuitry is generally seen and believed to have been inhibited or hijacked so that you no longer have the clarity of decision making that you might have in a more calmer state.

In addiction, that circuitry is generally seen and believed to have been inhibited or hijacked so that you no longer have the clarity of decision making that you might have in a more calmer state.

So the addiction is if you go after that driver, you swerve in front of them, you put yourself in harm's way, that driver in harm's way, and the other drivers around you in harm's way. and you couldn't control it. It wasn't a rational thought, it was compulsive. Compulsive revenge seeking is the addiction, and we see that throughout society. We see it in intimate partner relationships,

So the addiction is if you go after that driver, you swerve in front of them, you put yourself in harm's way, that driver in harm's way, and the other drivers around you in harm's way. and you couldn't control it. It wasn't a rational thought, it was compulsive. Compulsive revenge seeking is the addiction, and we see that throughout society. We see it in intimate partner relationships,

So the addiction is if you go after that driver, you swerve in front of them, you put yourself in harm's way, that driver in harm's way, and the other drivers around you in harm's way. and you couldn't control it. It wasn't a rational thought, it was compulsive. Compulsive revenge seeking is the addiction, and we see that throughout society. We see it in intimate partner relationships,

husband, wife, or otherwise, spouses, in which there's a continuation of seeking to retaliate over and over again, despite the serious damage it's doing to their relationship, to their family, to their kids.