YouTube villain Logan Paul can't stop getting into trouble. From filming a suicide victim's body to vowing to “go gay” for a month , he courts controversy. But he has now revealed that he suffered a traumatic brain injury. Does that explain his misdeeds? Does it excuse them? In a new video titled ” I have holes in my brain ,” Logan Paul bombards a sleeping friend of his with sandwich ingredients … and then goes to have a brain scan. The doctor, who is so compassionate and nurturing, shows Logan a scan of his brain. “You see these holes?” the doctor asks, pointing at Logan's brain scan results. “It's not missing, but it's hurt.” Logan had a traumatic brain injury when he was in seventh grade. it did damage to his skull, resulting in a titanium plate. “And this is really important,” the doctor says of Logan's brain. “Because right here is the most human thoughtful part of us.” To simplify the importance of the prefrontal cortex, the doctor explains: “It makes you human.” “It's called the pre-frontal cortex,” his doctor explains. “And you hurt it.” He continues: “which means you're going to have trouble with focus and forethought, and follow-through, and organization, planning, empathy.” The prefrontal cortex deals with what we consider to be higher thought and matters of self-control. The doctor points out that this is a big deal regarding “relationships and learning from the mistakes you make.” So … has Logan Paul not learned his lesson because he literally cannot learn from his mistakes? “We need to fix this,” the doctor emphasizes. “If we don't fix this,” he says. “No matter how successful you are, you're not going to make the decisions you need to move your life in the direction you want.” “Living the rest of your life with this brain is not going to be a lot of fun,” he warns. “For you or for the people who love you.” Notably, failures of the prefrontal cortex can lead people to jeopardize their relationships because they lack impulse control and foresight. The doctor explains that Logan could miss out on a lot “because you're going to have trouble connecting.” “You're smart,” the doctor affirms. “You're just not making the kind of decisions that will help you.” “Our question is… well, can we make it better?” he continues. He asks: “Are you permanently messed up or can we make this better?” The answer, as it turns out, is that there may be hope. But Logan will have to change some of his behaviors. “I think it's more traumatic brain injury that needs to be rehabilitated,” the doctor assesses. He encourages Logan to “get rid of any high-risk behavior that's going to put you at risk for another head injury,” He explains that this is vital “because this brain is not going to tolerate a lot more brain injury.” That doesn't just mean avoiding, say, skateboarding. Logan admits that he drinks about once a week, but drinks heavily when he does this. Alcohol could really be impairing his brain's recovery. Logan Paul also mentions that he seems to have undiagnosed ADD, but that he has viewed it as a creative asset. (That's a shockingly healthy perspective on his part) The thing is that lacking empathy doesn't magically make a person bad. Logan has been making choices all along. Morally speaking, he may not be responsible if he blurts something out. But choosing to film a corpse, then do a detailed edit of footage and broadcast it is not a mere impulse. If he wants to save his image, this video could be an effective if dishonest way of trying to get people to excuse his past actions. That said … we would be genuinely interested in a responsible, thoughtful Logan Paul. He'd be … unrecognizable.
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Logan Paul Reveals Traumatic Brain Injury that Causes Lack of Empathy
