Revenge Addiction And What You Can Do To Stop It

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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"Revenge addiction is even more dangerous than substance addiction," says Dr. James Kimmel Jr., lecturer in psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, founder and co-creator of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies, and the developer of the behavioral addiction model of violence. Dr. Kimmel joins Dr. Phil on his podcast for an important follow-up discussion. He shares the best ways to intervene when someone is addicted to violence and revenge, what he says could perhaps be the most important health issue in American society today. Plus, learn how to spot a revenge addict, how to approach someone addicted to violence, and how to "defuse the grenade" to keep yourself and loved ones safe from harm. For more information: http://drphilintheblanks.com/ NUTRISYSTEM: Go to https://www.nutrisystem.com/Phil22 right now and receive over $300 in savings. Don’t wait. This special offer will not last long. KA'CHAVA is offering 10% OFF for the listeners of our podcast. Go to: https://www.kachava.com/collections/blanks-podcast to get 10% OFF your order. Interested in advertising on the show? Visit: https://www.advertisecast.com/PhilintheBlanks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I want to focus on what we can do now.
0:02.6	Yes.
0:03.4	When somebody hurts you, you retaliate for pleasure.
0:07.0	This is about saving lives.
0:08.6	Well, welcome to Fill In The Blanks again.
0:19.4	This is a follow-on to an interview that I've done before
0:22.8	that I found so interesting and so compelling.
0:25.5	It was very frustrated that we kind of ran out of time,
0:29.1	so I've taken this opportunity to sit down with Dr. James
0:33.7	Kimmel Jr. again.
0:35.7	He is a lawyer, a novelist, and a researcher at Yale University.
0:41.2	And today, we're addressing the adverse physical effects
0:45.4	that anger and revenge have on the brain,
0:48.7	and that the brain, therefore, has on behavior of some people.
0:54.8	Research says that this anger, this retaliatory behavior,
1:00.7	is just as addictive as opioids, making them extremely
1:06.2	difficult to resist for some people that get into this loop.
1:11.2	And I'm being pretty imprecise with my language right now,
1:14.4	but that's okay because Dr. Kimmel is going to be precise
1:20.0	with his language and describing it.
1:22.2	As I said, I had him on the show before, where we discussed
1:25.2	how science may prevent a lot of things that are going on
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