Stephen Paddock | Dangers of Pathological Gambling | Mental Health & Personality
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- This video answers the questions: Can I analyze the mental health and personality factors that may be at work in the Stephen Paddock case?
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As a Nevadan I can tell you that the secret to gambling is DON'T PLAY.
Native here too. Saddening it’s our economy. It’s like a city ‘s economy relying on consumption of cigarettes and alcohol. They’re legal and they cause addiction.
Nevada doesn’t want any other form of way to make money.
@@CenobiteBeldar Yes, it is legal harm :(
As an Australian I totally support this method 👍 It is literally the only way not to lose ...
I’m also a native Nevadan and I don’t play either, but I love my state & love that the casinos are here with all the entertainment. I’m originally from N.E. Nevada & there is other ways our state makes money. This state is like #3 biggest gold producer in the world, which is often overlooked & over seen by the entertainment industry. If that just shows the scale of how much money entertainment makes.
My grandfather was a severe gambler and alcoholic. I can remember my grandmother counting pennies to buy a loaf of bread. It was so sad.
Very sad indeed. I had an uncle who end up killing himself after losing all he had.
SO sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lori Park Ugh-so awful! And I’m sure this was in the days when were told they could not leave a marriage, it was forever, give up your suffering to Jesus, make sure no one knows (everyone knew...
So he didnt win?
@@maryannebrown2385 My grandmother wasn't exactly a saint. She drank too, and smoked even though she was on an oxygen tank with emphazema. Unfortunate upbringing for the two of them. I have learned what NOT to do with my kids.
I had an accounting professor who used to work in the casino business. He told us all about all kinds of tricks they use to get people hooked. He said it was the dirtiest, most corrupt industry imaginable and that he was thoroughly glad to no longer be involved with it.
Jesus christ. Do you still know the tricks they use or anything else he told you about?
You're lucky 😉
One truck casinos employ is free alcohol and food...it looks like they are doing you a favor but drinking alcohol makes one make bad decisions
I'm not from the US, and casinos are illegal here - mostly because they take advantage of people with an addiction - so I find it fascinating to see how everything about casinos are designed to take advantage of people, and remain legal! I guess that's the power of capitalism.
@@MetalGamer666 It's because if it was banned, lots more people would do it underground just like when America tried to ban alcohol. In recent years, states created their own casinos so they could use the money they earned to pay for the education system and repair public buildings.
I was married to a alcoholic gambler, I slowly developed into a person with a gambling problem. It got so bad that we couldn't pay our bills. My husband died and I think I blew $5000.00 at the casino on my own. I went from a person who hated gambling to a problem gambler. I signed myself out of the casinos and never went back. I know that I have a real addictive personality and I just can't go. My bills are being paid,I bought a house and life is good.
Good for you April, you did the right thing. I have self-excluded myself as well, life is better without the casinos.
Good choice.
This is a reddit post and clearly the poster means: MY LIFE IS ON FIRE PLEASE HELP
I know a woman who became a gambling addict after her divorce. She had to sign herself out of all the nearby casinos.
It's amazing how the modern day news cycle has pushed this tragedy so far in the past. This definitely needed due reflection. Thank you
Agree!!
Thanks for the post. I’ve often observed the same. I wondered if i was alone in this thought. It’s almost like it never happened. Any thoughts on why this incident was so quickly removed from the news cycle?
@@werquantum It sems to be the way of the world today. We move ahead, at what seems to be light speed. But without reflection, it appears to be a treacherous endeavor
Patrick Kish Agreed, but for the degree of this one (56 dead, 850+ injured!), the quick dismissal by msm seems extremely out of balance compared to other recent mass shootings. It’s not just a little off; it’s mind blowing. To me. Peace.
@@werquantum Right back at you✌🏼
I got my "I'm not diagnosing anybody" hoodie today...love it! 😁
awesome
I want one to wear to work where I diagnose others...
I'm getting one too.
Awesome 👍
I got that too in blue.
you should actually do a video on the psychology of casinos themselves and how they are set up. when i went, it felt so seedy, like a creepy labyrinth.
Read the Nevada volumes of the Kefauver Committee hearings. 🤔😒💩
yeah i live in arizona where there is a lot of native american land so there are casinos all over, they really are twisted as hell. they literally make their money off of the small percentage of people who are addicted to gambling.
@@jevinday Well, I thought the point of casinos of Native American land was for the Native Americans to make money off the land that the colonists stole from them.
@@californiacobra527 didnt steal. The land was Conquered. Alls fair in love and war. They are lucky they got anything back. Many many many more terrible things have happened in the history of the world.
@@TheMiniSlimShady All that gravy is obstructing the blood flow to your brain. You've got your biscuits doing all the thinking for you. Next you'll be telling us that black people are responsible for slavery because they participated in the capturing and selling of human lives in Africa. Get some help. Empathy, education, and exposure. Try those on for a while and see if your view of these events don't change. I dare you. Prove us all wrong. And don't try to say that you already have, or your best friend is native or black. That won't work anymore. Empathy, education and exposure.
I was at Mandalay Bay a couple of months prior to this incident at a room probably a couple of floors below Padock’s. I remember looking at the concert area view from our window. To know that a man killed so many people there blew my mind. I became obsessed with the story, look at all videos and followed the investigation for months. The way the LV police and FBI handled the case and got quiet about everything after a while, the tight lips of the personnel at the hotel, the law suits that followed, the mystery behind Padock’s motive. Everything about this was and reminds so weird. So many people died that day. May their souls Rest In Peace.
Yeah maybe it wasn’t just padock as he physically could expend that many rounds using a bump stock. There was also a 5 minute uninterrupted stream of bullets (probably for an lmg) but when they went to his room there was only a hundred rounds. Hummmm. Plus his brother got caught with cp on his computer after the shooting.
@@danthomas2920 This is just factually incorrect. He had over 47 guns in the room with multiple magazines for each one. You are tying to say he only had a few bullets per gun when they actually found more than 1000 rounds in his room. Stop lying to people.
@@amandahugenkissthe photos that have been released only show about 50 casings. In the photos of Paddock's dead body, you can even see some of those casings in a pool of his blood with no blood on top of them, meaning the casings were placed there *after* his suicide was faked. Not before. This is because the actual rounds being fired were from a couple LMGs and not an AR-15. If the LMGs used by the attackers were of a different caliber than 5.56, spent casings would need to be planted throughout the room in order to make sure that the falsified evidence would fit the narrative that the FBI came up with.
@@GunsandGuitars69 This may be the most strange and nuttiest of all conspiracy theories. Complete nonsense.
@@admiralkrankandhismightyba158 acoustic analysis has scientifically proven the shots came from more than one location, meaning there was more than one shooter. It also shows the rate of fire was much too high for a bump stock and more consistent with an M240 LMG. So no, there's no theory to it. Just scientific fact.
Casinos a general rule don't have many windows in order to block natural light and don't post clocks. It's a tactic to distort peoples' perception of time. One hour rapidly becomes four hours and you wonder where that time went. It shows a great understanding of human behavior.
Have you ever been in a casino in the wee hours of the morning and seen them
unloading all the cash and coins from the slot machines? What a sight that is to behold!!
They also pump in pure oxygen to keep people up, just turning it off at about 6am for cleaning.
They are just as bad as meth, or heroin dealers
Yes. Casinos leave absolutely no stone unturned when it comes to separating you from your hard-earned dollars. I mean they really think of everything. For example, they determined somehow that the key of C is the most pleasing to the ear. So every time someone hit's a big payout on the slot machine, that happy shimmering major chord that rings out for an extended period is a C chord...in first inversion, l believe.
@@edgarcayce2.02 how or whom figured all this gambling phycology out?? I heard a slot repairman say sitting in front of a opened up machine he would never play them he knows how they work. 😁
I left my husband because of his pathological gambling. We lost our house, our car, good credit and lived in poverty all because of his gambling. My only regret is I didn't leave him sooner. I kept hoping things would get better (sunk cost fallacy). It never got better.
I'm doing much better on my own. I don't waste my money gambling.
Sorry you had to go through all that trauma. With my ex, I was able to cut my losses before they became that bad. Excess gambling is certainly grounds for divorce.
glad you realize that you deserve better. good for you. so sad you had to go through all that hardship to come to that point.
Yeah, don't worry girl you aren't alone it's hard to love an addict (even harder when children are involved) we always think that surely they Will stop if the loss of their most loves ones is on the line... When you aren't an addict yourself it's impossible to understand why someone can't just not do it anymore (what's we their addiction is), and the thing is, is that the addict dies t even usually WANT. to do it anymore! Nobody wants to hurt, lie, and steal from the people that are most beloved in their life. During your active addiction it's like your brain is hijacked it's like you can't stop yourself no matter who you hurt
Luckily, there is a treatment if you want to get better. But you can't get better for anybody else you have to get better for yourself. You have to want it! And you have to be dedicated to the treatment which is alcoholics anonymous or narcotics anonymous. Until step program will do. And you have to do the steps and work the steps it's complete honesty! This is why you pick a sponsor that you trust and that you relate to who has a vast knowledge of the program and will not cosign your b******* because all addicts are full of b******* at first because they're already used to manipulating people in order to get their drug or to get money to gamble or whatever it is that they're addicted to. The 12 steps of N.A.(or any 12 step program for that matter because the steps are primarily the same in each program) have saved my life multiple times. They've helped me through situations that weren't even related to my drug problem which was theninkk⁶[yitial reason why I started attending 12 step meetings to begin with. But I ended up happening so is that I ended up meeting some of the best friends that I probably ever met in my entire life! It's free treatment for a devastating disease and the outcome is that you end up with a support system and really awesome friends that will be there for you any hour of the day or night. When you first start getting back on your feet from losing everything sometimes they help you financially even! I've been to multiple expensive rehabs and the result was clean time of about a week during the medical detox part then I'd leave and go home be alone again and use again. Getting involved in a 12-step program allows you to meet new people and surround yourself as positive people who have done the shameful things and working step 5 review of all this character defects and guilt and allows you to live with a clean slate all over again! I can't say enough good things about it. I really do hope (if kids were involved in your marriage especially) their ex-husband has given up his old ways and found a program, a great sponsor,b
So why did you marry him in the 1st place???
@@supermeansadie6753 you ladies are so "innocent", you never do anything wrong.Have you ever considered that these knuckleheads you get involved with were raised by WOMEN.
You beat the Casino by not playing at all
My daughters boyfriend had a gambling addiction. He's doing good now, and I hope he continues, because my daughter and her 2 children love him so much, and he is so good to the three of them as well. I believe depression played a roll in his addiction, because his mother died of breast cancer, and the 2 were very close. Thank you for posting this video. It was very informative!
You are good for supporting him and not demonizing or degrading him and abandoning him.
Lack of maturity and self control
@@sufimuslimlion4114 you're a good person 🤍
When we lose a loved one we want to control something and it gives a purpose in a totally obscene unrealistic way. We can then say "yeah I'm doing fine thanks " when we're not! Like drinking, smoking. What a broad minded lady you are to understand there's always an underlying reason. I have an addictive personality where I may not drink or smoke now for over 20 years but I have chocolate, I'm picking skin or nails so how can I judge anyone.
A close friend of mine just left the casino industry, stating that he just could not accept the self-destruction of people anymore. He has told me of numerous incidents in which people just squandered ALL their money away and gambled way past their physical and mental limits. The one that really got to him was the guy who was standing at a table and pooped himself, with it running down his pants legs, and he still did not stop playing. (I told my friend that the guy must be really serious about playing craps.)
He bet that he could hold it just a little longer and lost.
@@ObscureStuff420 EXACTLY!!!!!
I worked at a gambling place for only a year when I was a teenager and even in that short period of time I saw a woman spend all the money she earned on them and had none left to feed her kids and another guy lost house, job and ended up in a homeless hostel and yet he still came and gambled his benefit money.
I was told to be nice to the customers offer free food and drinks and NEVER discuss the gambling. It just felt so wrong and horrible. 30 years later things are clearly still the same and I have never gambled or worked in one of those places since....
@@rebekahtinker9486 My goodness, Rebekah, you have such a good heart. It is difficult to fight a system that is so money-driven!
The casinos would not exist if they were losing money consistently.
I don’t miss a single video from Dr. Grande but I was dreading the day he would cover this one because I was in my hotel room at the Mandalay Bay during the shooting and still deal with a lot of residual trauma and survivor’s guilt from it. Actually getting back from LV that week is what gave me the kick in the pants to find a great therapist who I have been seeing ever since. Made a ton of progress on this and other trauma and really look forward to the day I will be able to make it through this video because Dr. Grande is someone whose insight I have come to respect and incorporate into my own life, and I would love to know his take on this situation. Today is not that day, but thank you so much for covering this story.
watch out for the grande slam.
Wow, super nice to hear some positive thoughts and good vibes from here in Southern Virginia, I dont usually comment on comments but it really struck me how useful and interesting your comments were
Survivers guilt?...you were in your hotel room...not at the concert...I'm sure it scared the shit out of you..
This shooting was during the Jason Alden concert concert wasn't it?
"Honeycomb", I love your name for the thumbnail, and I'm almost certain you are a "Honey" yourself. If you have any feeling of guilt, I pray that rid yourself of every atom of it. You are worthy of life, and a very great one at that. I don't know your thoughts on religion or faith, it's none of my business. But I believe in a higher power, a GOD that wants and created you because he from the start to the end of this life, and any other, in Heaven, loves you more & all of us more than I could imagine. I hope you someday can realize this and live everyday with ease and happiness. If you have one truly good and honest friend, you have it all! Peace ✌️🕊️.
He had purchased 29 handguns in the course of 34 years..... he then all of a sudden buys 55 rifles in less than a year and no red flags are raised? That’s both amazing and terrifying!
Buying 50+ rifles in a year is actually not rare at all.
@@Ozhull how many people you know spend $33k in a year on firearms?
@@Ozhull why weren't there any cameras of him bringing up firearms on an elevator.Theres cameras everywhere in a casino
@@claudetteobrien1086 their is. He had the bell hop carry them
@@summerdarkness I live in a city with 2 US military bases within 20 minutes drive. I know people who have 6 figures worth of guns acquired over 4 decades. I myself don't own any, but I have a lot of friends who do.
I’m in recovery for drugs. I wasn’t chasing the original high, it was more like self medicating complex ptsd symptoms 🤨 I’m 16 months clean 👏🏼
hell yeah dude! congrats!
I hear you on that. God Job!
Hang in there! Forgive yourself first, then forgive everyone else :) I pray you find an everlasting relief.
Awesome!!
Good on you. I'm almost four years clean from alcohol and benzos. I almost died from withdrawals. I had multiple seizures and bit a chunk of my tongue off during one of them. Was under medical supervision for three months. I've never felt soo free with that hostage taker off my back. Stick with it, it's worth it. I used for the same reason. Using gave me the motivation to live.
Escape is a huge motivation for pathological gamblers.
Your take away on casinos is spot on!
Not just casinos, honey, playing the lottery til a person runs out of money before their next check, too.
Heidi Borter I know all too much about it. Thankfully I’m not a gambler. Had family that was, horrible disease.
Yes, just the same for most addicts
I totally disagree. Where are the statistics to back that claim up? I was a medic in Vegas in which the gamblers who "lost it" took their own lives. Can't say I've ever heard of a homicidal rampage due to gambling addiction or any addiction to speak of. And if it was the case, why didn't he go after the casino's staff, property or guests??? Why bring over 40 firearms into his room??? I Bet he had an undiagnosed brain tumor that made him delusional and not himself.
My own personality/mental health factors prohibit me from gambling; I'm too afraid of losing money. They also prohibit me from gathering firearms and doing what this guy did!
99.9 percent of people are in that boat.
Same here. My anxiety won’t allow me to take the risks
I've gone to the casino here about 3 times once I lost $20-$40 I was finished. The one time I won about $50 I spent it all on my niece for souvenirs of her 21st birthday. So the casino still won.
Poverty and death would give me irritable Fred syndrome.
You sound like you have a Jewish tendency
“People who are serious about firearms appreciate the value of actually hitting an intended target.” Doc, I love you.
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Well said
About the only time a bump-stock is of any use is firing into a crowd from a great distance, where the killer is not even aiming at individuals. I guess this is why he used one.
Thank you for this Dr. Grande. He killed my friend's sister Tara Roe. The work you do will hopefully educate and encourage people to get help, and remain vigilant for signs and symptoms of abnormal behaviors. My prayers for all the victims, witnesses, family, friends, and medical teams. The traumatic events on that day have had a lasting impact. We will not forget. Please reach out for help if you're having homicidal or suicidal ideations.
I'm so sorry for your loss I know happened long time ago now it felt like but I want say I hope she's in heaven where all angels go
This is the best explanation of this crime I’ve ever heard. The casinos do share blame.
How is the casino responsible for his CHOICE to gamble, and his CHOICE to murder?
I don't think the casino should share the blame. I think the drugs, alcohol, and depression influenced him to do this. He more then likely had some mental issues.
Shawna Burt didn’t you hear Dr. Grande? The casinos manipulated a mentally ill man. They use psychological manipulation. It’s like giving a drunk a fifth of whiskey before he plows through a school zone. No responsibility??
@@wmdkitty You're missing the point. Heroin dealers facilitate addicts who die from overdoses, so it''s ILLEGAL to sell drugs! Drug assicts aren't making a "choice" to shoot up again, it's a compulsion. The same cycle happens with gambling addicts, their lives become out of control and they experience dramatic changes in brain chemistry that have a tremendous impact on their ability to choose. It is compulsive. It is VERY similar.
Shawna Burt no one is justifying his crime or choices here but it seems like you really don’t understand what addiction does to the mind. Addiction is not a choice it’s a disease. One that the casinos will exploit grossly.
If you wanna see the first hand sadness of gamblers...go to a gas station and watch all the people who buy scratch offs and keep coming back, again and again and again!! It's insane.
Agree. So many living paycheck to paycheck drop a good chunk of cash on scratch offs. Such a waste.
Voluntary tax on the poor, 80% of the buyers.
But I won!! $2500.00 in '88 when that was a chunk of money. That was with 5 numbers out of 6, but all I could think of for awhile was 'if I could have just got that 6th number'. Hardly ever bought scratchers, never bought another. Thank you for reminding me. You are so right.
@@SHurd-rc2go I knew a guy that had five out of six, and the sixth number was off by one digit...like it was 26 and his was 16.
@@saladsshooter5744 %^
An addict will lose their mind when a sudden loss occurs especially when theyre in the money. Its quick to go under and slow to get ahead. The thing is, an addict will go through 10 losses with the same bet thinking it has to win soon. Thats where responsibility comes into play. You have to accept the loss and reset, or continue until a comeback is out of the questiom. A lot of people just cant walk away. I can understand how he felt going bust. You feel ripped off, cheated even though you used your own good hard earned money. In the end, i think he was prepared to give the hotel a bad name. If he had won, i doubt there wouldve been massacre.
I really liked the way you talked about the dangers of casino. Your videos are really good and addicting.
Thank you for taking time to make these, they are very much appreciated and very informative
"Gambling responsibly" is largely an oxymoron.
Life is just one big gamble. I hardly call life an oxymoron 😜
Not so much, you can also drink responsibly, and there's a clear analogy between two disorders.
@UCu1e6mMDpeduZDQ35bSq1Fw I understand, didn't pay attention to that aspect here in Serbia, but then again, in my little town we have like 6 gambling places... you don't need commercials here. As I understand in normal countries it functions in a way that you have a whole town dedicated to gambling but that's it. Here every little village has a gambling place.
@@QoraxAudio You don't play Russian roulette every day, you are mixing up risk taking with probabilities - hope it's not to justify your gambling habit.
@@DrWrapperband r/wooosh
Let’s learn with Dr Grande one more day!❤️
This story got swept under the rug like no story in my lifetime!! A guy in a high-rise Vegas Casino killed over 50 people, and injured like 700 more, with an arsenal of customized rifles.. Plus there were strange circumstances and a possible cover-up of assistance of some sort.
The story didn't last more than three days, then disappeared. "Huh?"
Think of how crazy the scope of what happened there was!! Its a movie plot, but got hardly any attention..
We all know why..
I don’t know why…
@@ericboucher799 CIA, left wing nut job with ties to ANTIFA (covered up immediately). They took everything he had that tied him back to the government, and his smuggling activities. Everyone around him disappeared. His wife was a double agent for Philippines, and Australia.
I want to know.
I'd also like to know why
This was all over the news for weeks.
Thank you!! Been waiting for this one and it was on my list of requests.
I really appreciate how you present this horrendous crime with seriousness and dignity and with even a hint of compassion for this terrible man and your wonderful sense of humour directed at his dad. I think gambling is a primordial urge stemming from the eons in which hunting was basic to survival, the results being uncertain and the irregular successes so much needed and enjoyed.
That's an interesting take on this.
That's a very plausible explanation to how the cause of the gambling addiction gets rooted in the human mind. It's built into our hunter gatherer DNA - and some unfortunate folk cannot resist the behavioural tendencies that are written onto their genetic code.
Yeah, I'm not always a fan of Dr.Grande videos- despite liking him - he was so much more soarring inhis speculation. Way more judicious than the media was. He made points about the casinos that were measured but accurate.
This man deserves zero compassion.
You're very close to the right answer. The survival center of the brain is semi-sentient and autonomous, and can take full control of the body in an emergency. It feels good when it does that. Since it's only "designed" for survival, it's not equipped with a conscience. The larger it is, the more dangerous it is. Drinking activates it, too. “In each of us there is Anʘther, whom we do not know. He speaks to us in dreams and tells us how we look to him.” --CG Jung
The center of your life is gambling and all of a sudden the thrill is gone, you keep gambling but the magic is gone then you decide to die but with one last overdose of excitement .
Interesting take. Seems spot on
but why did this last thrill have to take out strangers? he had compassion for his girlfriend and family so he had some empathy traits; but what in his brain said I need excitement so I will kill people? It is going from addiction, despondency, depression to methodical planning of mass murder that I just have trouble understanding.
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@@kaykayron2012 he probably saw himself as a risk taker, and what is more crazy than doing a mass shooting! Doing something small would satisfy his need for endorphins.He was a high stakes player. It is unfortunate he didn't have any hobbies or outside intellectual interests or relationships that could give him more meaning to his life.He was trully a lost soul! Was he acting on jealous feelings....look at all those young people having fun...or was he highly narccistic...doing this killing spree because he viewed these people like ants and so far below him or a combination of the 2 We will never know.
Well said.
This case kept me up at night trying to figure out how and why it happened. Thanks for the brilliant insight. This is by far the most thorough report I’ve seen.
I worked in casinos for over 23 years and saw gambling addiction many times. I talked with people that met him when I worked in Las Vegas. I think the incredible loss of money and alcoholism drove him crazy that's my theory
I think it's bullshit the security footage hasn't been released of him drinking. My bro is an alcoholic and all this dudes pics look like he's been drinking. The security not catching this shit pisses me off. I can't believe it. I'm sure if he's frequented the place for yrs he prob just bought em off.
I agree
"Would society be okay if there were highly polished, sophisticated businesses that enabled people to use substances?"
I believe you're talking about bars, Dr. Grande. =P
Are you sure? I haven't seen many highly polished, sophisticated bars 🤔 maybe where you are 😄
@@christinehutchins123 Appropriately enough, I think the nicest bar I've ever been to was at a casino!
Bara, pot shops, strip clubs, strip malls, Whole Foods. They might not all be polished and glamorous.... but folks are buying what they're selling, regardles of actual merit or value.
In the grand scheme of things... everything doesn't have to have "merit" for it to be valuable. If we did away with all the vice shops I mentioned above, i couldn't care less. But truth be told... I'll always enjoy gambling. It's one of the LEAST harmful vices/bad habits because there are zero side effects other than a predictable amount of lost money. Almost every other addictive behavior comes at a STEEP price, physically, mentally, spiritually.
I gamble stone cold sober and enjoy it immensely, with no guilt, shame or remorse. Clear conscience.
I find this analysis in the video extremely lacking
Robbing banks and escaping from prison takes a lot of commitment and energy.😆🤣
It sure is. I'm exhausted
"Don't get attached to anything that you can't walk out in 30 seconds if the Heat is around the corner"
I have high anxiety and have found that your voice and your videos helps calm me down. Thanks Dr Grande. Wishing you and the misses a nice wknd
I dated someone who was addicted to online gambling. At first I didn't think it was a problem until I started to see him doing it nightly. He always maintained he didn't have a problem because he "could pay his bills". He might have been able to pay his bills but he would spend all his nights gambling thousands every night and often losing. That kind of habit was unattractive as I thought of all the good and productive things that could have been done with that money.
I soon realized it was an addiction and there wasn't anything I could do or say to change his behavior. He also was an alcoholic. I left the relationship and realized he wasn't ever going to be the kind of partner I wanted.
Thank you Doc.... Literally been waiting for this one 🙏
I love the videos coming out daily. They are top quality and quite in depth. Very informative and helpful. Keep up the good work
The moment I first handled a weapon with a bump stock (owned by a friend) in the early 2000s, one of my 'gun buddies' (we were all military men who were very passionate about our weapons and went to the range on-post on the weekends) remarked "This thing could be used by some nut to kill a lot of people really fast," to which I remarked "Maybe in a crowd, but you cant target anyone specific while it's cycling because it's all over the place." The scenario we thought of was a large event with a huge group, and with direct lines of sight, which is exactly how Paddock employed it. Scary how prophetic our flippant, nonsensical discussion would later be.
BTW: This isn't an anti-gun diatribe. I am well-armed, trained and experienced. I was just highlighting the fact that Paddock employed bump-stocks in just about the only way they could be used effectively to commit a crime. A truck was driven into a crowd in Nice, FR, which killed 87 people one year earlier, so removing guns from the market will not cure this problem. IMO, mental health care is the largest part of this issue.
What is your opinion about the whole "Switzerland's population has a huge amounth of Weapon per Capita yet the homicide troughout the year is lower than a Chicago weekend" discussion?
Phenomenal video. Explained so much very thoroughly. I recently was in Vegas and I stayed close to MB casino and resort. I got chills just looking up at it. Such a tragedy that took place. I liked how you look at things from a very technical standpoint and not through emotion like most would. Subscribed!
I can tell Dr. Grande has an understanding of firearms. When he discusses cases like this.
Lol
Yes, any case involving a gun, he always throws in several tidbits about the ammo or the weapon itself. It’s an interesting reveal about him.
@@notinadequate2119 I was thinking the same thing.
I bet he would not sanction the way they are distributed in our country. I once used firearms to distinguish myself; I qualified as an Expert in the US Army. It never led to obsession but to respect. Firearms have very few legitimate uses.
Or he just do a lot of research before presenting the cases.
Dr. Grande, the only reference to *O.C.E.A.N.* 🌊🌊 I could pick up was that he drowned his despondency and SUD in the depths of an ocean of despair brought about by a delusional belief that reason could reverse itself. He displaced the🌚 N.E.O.N. (Letters taken from the acronym OCEAN) leaving out the “C” of Conscience - believing that NEON LIGHTS represented what he was missing in a genuine purpose in life. Very likely his existential beliefs were shattered knowing his Father Was a bank robber, and he indeed followed his dads footsteps.
Thankyou Dr. Grande, excellent analysis on the gambling problem. 🍃🌿🌱
He had quite an empty life...so when his gambling no longer satisfied him..he had nothing! Maybe that's it in a nutshell. He had an existential crisis.
"He was a postal worker, at one time he worked for the IRS."
That explains why he's crazy and soulless.
People doing every job on earth have killed people. Postal worker comment is ridiculous 🙄
@@metallicafan416 It's a joke going back to the 80s of "going postal" and the general discontent of paying taxes. Don't tell me it's not funny cause that's subjective. You just want to complain like a child. Oh pobresitaaaaaa there's words on the internet you don't like.
@@MrPapageorgio He's not a Metallica fan he's a Lars Ulrich fan, Napster.
Props on getting your firearms terminology down. I really feel like they are hiding something with this. They should release his digital footprint so we can see stuff he wrote online. I still think he had help
@Creative Mechanic absolutely! I agree! Lived there & fled in 2018. My daughter's classmate was chased down the Strip by someone shooting; he was running for his life & told the class! Others reported similar stories.
My husband and I were there years ago at a convention and one of our group witnessed a murder on the street. There was chaos and people all around and we watched for it to be on the news. Not reported! Move along, nothing to see here!
@@HolyMoly432 exactly what Metro is like! I had 4 step kids as well as my daughter. It was a full time job keeping them safe (from everything), tutoring 3 boys (schools are horrible), watching thru my front window (dealer next door). Metro refused to do ANYTHING!
@@judy871 in a panic in a crowded place you aren’t thinking properly eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable in these scenarios. Not only that but in a city gunshots echo which make it sound like they are coming from multiple locations when they are in fact coming from one. People were reporting the shots coming from Tropicana which in fact were not correct. It really wouldn’t be hard for someone like Paddock to carry this out by himself. I don’t get the conspiracy theory shit surrounding this.
Dr. Grande is very much on top of firearms terminology!
Background, crime, and personality/mental health factors = awesomeness! The perfect formula!
Very interesting analysis, as always. My home state of Kentucky periodically debates the casino issue (to legalize or not) for tax revenue. There was once a conference to address it. The argument against casinos boiled down to crime and drugs, “industries” on the periphery of casinos. Addiction was briefly addressed, but as most of the audience was law enforcement and prosecutors, the mental health aspect was not heavily emphasized.
While we continue to lose revenue to contiguous states with casinos, perhaps our reticence remains well placed. 🤷🏼♀️
I never thought I'd say this, but Kentucky has made a responsible decision (regarding legal gambling.)
I lived in a state that did not have the lottery or casinos for a long time. I voted against both, but here we are now with lotteries and casinos 🤦♀️
Legalize cannabis instead. 💨
Love the commentary on the destruction of casinos. Gambling continues to be one of the most underrated addictions out there.
I'm obsessed with this channel. Great content!
"The beast in Me" by Nick Lowe comes to mind while listening to this amazing analysis of such a tragic person.
The game never ends
When your whole world depends
On the turn of a friendly card
- Alan Parsons Project
Right, and as they continue their gambling, time keeps flowing like a river...to the sea....'til it's gone forever...gone forever...
I love you guys.
Love the APP reference.
Powerful Statement!!!
APP are one of the most underrated acts imo
It feels like nobody even remembers this event anymore .... Rest In Peace to many of the victims 🙏🙏🙏
By the way, a very therapeutic way for compulsive gamblers is to move away to places like Hawaii & Alaska, where there are no casino, no gambling or no lottery, for a year or two. I did just that and gambling free for 10 years.
It’s deliberate. We remember school shootings because no one loses profit off of people remembering them. But when it comes to 60 people getting gunned down on the Vegas strip, all those hotels, casinos, and entertainment venues have a vested interest in people forgetting about this. Every year that this is in sharp memory is a year that the Vegas industries lost billions of dollars.
Another great video, Thank you, Dr. Grande!!!
Wow this is one of your best videos. Gambling never appealed to me so I’ve never tried it but I can see how it can lead to an intoxicating adrenaline rush of sorts. Your point on the casinos being well aware of the damage there causing was excellent.
He looks completely dazed in all those photos, really chilling
He was sick
@@fenderstratADHD Drunk, also.
He was medicated
@@MatthewSmith-uf6tr Yep, on valium i think
Very good video. It gives one a lot to think about.
Great research and preparation Dr. Grande! Seems like this tragic event dropped out of the news fairly quickly given the number of people who were killed and wounded. A lot of information that we had not previously heard about Paddock and his life.
My mom went from addiction to cigarettes to addiction to gambling.
It's not anywhere near as bad as it was but it's still not under control.
She is in denial that it's an addiction and she only switched what gave her a dopamine fix.
Addiction is in my DNA, from both sides.
In my mom's side, we have the gambling addicts and on my dad's side we have the drug, alcohol and cigarette addictions.
I definitely have struggled with addiction, but thankfully unlike my parents I have been able to cut them out of my life. I am clean and sober and have been for years now and I'm much happier than I ever was while I was trying to escape my mental illnesses and autoimmune disease with substances.
While every day may not be a good one, I've learned to appreciate every one I have.
Ditto. Thank you.
SteviiLove Parents are not always perfect. Doesn’t mean they hate us even though it may seem that way sometimes.
My mother's family has addiction problems too (among other things) and my grandfather was an alcoholic and gambled (he was great, but he died when I was 8 so I don't remember how far his gambling addiction was, and casinos are illegal in my country so I remember him playing cards at bars, but I think his alcoholism was worst). I'm not sure about my father's side of family, I wasn't very close to them but I will ask my dad just to be sure. So a lot of my uncles have alcoholic and gambling problems. I think because I heard my mom talk about how bad the situation was in her house because my gdad drank and gambled the money away, and I saw my uncles drunk on a semi regular basis, to this day (33) I feel uncomfortable near drunk people that I don't know and even when I know, I feel uncomfortable with people I know when they are too drunk. I drink very little, way less than once a month. And got really drunk just once when my mom died and I was so intoxicated that a friend took me to her house and looked after me.
I think this fear I grow up with saved me because I'm diagnosed with depression, anxiety, bpd and others. So is kind of a miracle that I'm not addicted to drugs. Also because my mom always talked to me about drugs, in a honest way and I never had the urge to try. Actually I was already 27 when I first tried weed just because I felt that I wanted to understand what that fuzz was about it. I remember my mom telling me that her dad was awesome, when sober. But when he drank...he was violent and mean. My mom and her siblings are all fucked up in some way. A lot of them are/were very insecure, others very aggressive. Mental health issues is so widespread in my mother's family that my psychiatrist had a field day when I talk to him about the stuff that happened and happens. :(
Joara Torres Try to distance yourself from all that when you can and are able.
Stevil: These things do seem to run in families, so there must be a genetic factor. Here's a question that may reveal some of the cause: Does anyone in your family walk in their sleep frequently? I'd really like to know.
Thank you Dr Grande, once again a great video 💕
Dr. G - Best analysis of this crime anywhere. Good job.
Fascinating video. Very interesting and well done!
My friend worked in Atlantic City, NJ at a famous Casino. He said he’d watch grown men urinate on the floor of their chair because getting up would ”change their luck.” THAT IS SAD!!!!
I love watching your videos when I feel anxious cause something about the aura of your channel helps a bit !! Hope that’s not weird
Dr Grande analysis of this tragedy is on point. That day, evil walked the casino floors and planned to murder as many people as possible. My thoughts are that casinos turn a blind eye to self destruction, enable people with depression and compulsive gambling addiction to go further down the rabbit hole. I lived a few miles from the Mandalay Bay, the concert was going on and I remember the sudden stop of the music. My thoughts are with the victims and their family. It shouldn't have happened, I hope something like this never happens again. Humans need a purpose in life, the meaning was lost for the perpetrator who I refuse to name, he sought an end that would make his suffering stop and took along innocent people to punish them for having a "better" life than him.
I really appreciate your comment. Good, even excellent.
I don't think he was jealous of others he was just pissed at the Casino industry and used the people as pawns.
great video and analysis. thank you
Thanks to your insight into this very serious and often deadly addiction. You rock!
This was my suggestion from a few weeks ago that Dr. Grande Liked :) Appreciate u, Todd! The Las Vegas Massacre...still such a tragic mystery. I get that he was depressed, anxious, and suicidal...but how can we rationalize the murders? To my knowledge he had never been arrested or been known to be violent. ...if you haven't already, a mental analysis of Adam Lanza (Sandy Hook Shooter) would be interesting. He had severe OCD, but like Paddock, no history of violence.
You mean no KNOWN history. We don't know Lanza's history because his first victim, his mother, is dead.
You've been fooled. The Vegas shooting was a Masonic ritual. The shooter was a mason. Do your research
I hear ppl saying there had to be at least 2 shooters. And many of the Concert goers say the bullets were coming from multiple directions
i also have ocd a little bit, it’s not like worse
@@IAMDC322 I'm not sure about his affiliations, but my son, an army gunner for over a decade, swears you can hear the difference between bump stocks and fully automatic. He and many other soldiers have said those were fully automatic, and there were no pictures of bump stocks released.
Very insightful... There are a lot of factors discussed here that were never really explained or even explored in the media.
Great show!
He doesn’t look well. I don’t know anything about this case at all, I found it too disturbing. I didn’t know by the name this was the story.
I don't think it was a psy op, but it is interesting that at least two of us here did not recognize his name. He killed over 50 people and we don't remember him?! I think the almighty casino industry kind of swept this under the carpet. They know what they're doing to people, they know they are tapping into an illness, and they just don't care.
@@fulanichild3138 It's because the Media has basicaly nothing to butcher about him. And that is the sad reality. He wasn't "your" average Shooter that lived in the basement of his working poor mother. Paddock was basicaly the total opposite of a rampage shooter. One side I think it's good that we don't make these type of people Rockstars by constantly reporting them, but otherwise I find it really cynical that shit like this gets totally forgotten.
Good choice, Todd. I remember this shocking attack and it’s great to hear your analysis on him. Thank you
He didn't do it
great video!
(1) Your comparison of casinos to hypothetical drug-providing businesses was striking. Never have I thought about that, and your logic resulted in an epiphany for me about casinos; (2) Your knowledge of firearms is extremely impressive and, in these kinds of analyses, it is hard to imagine benefitting at the level we do benefit and understand, if you did not have and share such a monumental understanding of firearms--AND it is amazing that you can explain the firearms in any relevant analysis with such conciseness and clarity. There is NOTHING as good as your program anywhere on the net. Thank you for all your work you do, especially the research, to bring this treasure of awareness and fascination to us.
I think your characterizations of casinos are fair but I hesitate to agree with the sentiment that prohibition of gambling or casinos would be better for society on the balance. In general I think outlawing commonly practiced human behavior is a recipe for disaster. One would only need to look at alcohol prohibition to see how the "cure" can be much worse than the disease.
David, l completely agree with you.
Yes that is true. Pornography was banned in South Korea I believe , and the explosion of non consensual hidden camera recording is out of control. Theres a short doc about it here on YT by the BBC.
@@octopusmime it just means that sexual perversion was practiced in a different form but that doesn't justify pornography....which perpetuates the perversion.
Thank you for saying this I completely agree. Look at all the people that kill themselves with over eating, drinking. I can go to the casino and have a great time 2x a year. I think there is a responsibility of the person to manage themselves and their behaviors.
Agree also with what was said about pornography.
My great uncle's wife apparently had a pretty severe gambling problem. My great uncle was, I assume, a pretty successful doctor and I was told that his wife wasted about 1 million dollars on her habit.
Well I'm hooked on this analysis stuff now.
Great job Dr.!
Can you please do an analysis/diagnosis on Dwight Schrute from the Office
That would be movie-length lol
He's definitely on the spectrum
It would be interesting..."C L A R I S S E"
Haha yes please!
I was thinking about Dwight today!
I was lived with one for a long time and my father had severe gambling problems as well. Everything you said is true. They lose, say it calms them but are so infuriated when they lose. The depression is very real. No amount of money is ever enough. I lived this. It is ugly. He now self harms...the casinos are closed here due to the pandemic... and it breaks my heart because I now know that there is nothing I can do. It broke my home, my family and an otherwise wonderful person. Hate is a word I do not use lightly but I hate casinos and I hate gambling.
great analysis
Thanks for your balanced takes. The casino analogy was really eye-opening.
Brilliant as always ‘doc. I’ve always wondered what could’ve possibly been going on with this guy and could never find a good answer. This made perfect sense. You truly have a talent for these analysis’. kudos!
Can you do a video on an “addictive personality”? Is there one diagnosis that leads to addiction becoming more of a problem, or is it not related at all? I’ve heard that addiction runs in families, but is that a genetic thing, or a personality thing, or a coping mechanism that gets passed down, or something that’s not true, just repeated often enough people believe it?
I have noticed that it is in your genetics to be an addict. As history tends to repeat itself one can be as a entity carrying on with the legacy as the member that was an adict.
Your analysis of the casino industry is spot on. I go to casinos once every 2-3 months with the understanding that it’s an evil place. The people working there and smiling at you are not your friends. Don’t get wrapped up in the freebies. It’s all a ploy.
He knew that too though. His brother said "he was the type of person to set you up at a cabana (where you are expecting to be served cuz he had $ and comps) but instead he would say...can you go get me a sandwich " that just shows the type of person he is and narcissist. He's testing people around him to see if they are mooches, he can trust them, and he's also paranoid/rude. Especially to say that to your own brother who you invited to the hotel. He liked to show off and brag about his wealth, but when it came down to it his money was what was most important to him. Not relationships or connections. If he wanted to get one over on someone or something he took that opportunity. He wanted to stain Mandalay Bay for causing him to lose control of his money. But regardless he had to have been mingling with staff for for a long time planning it. Cuz they say he was private and antisocial...so he was only socializing with staff and paying them off for his crimes. Ugh
Also if he was so wealthy he wouldn't consistently be sucking up free comps and using that to take your family to dinner. That is a cheap no class thing to do for someone who is supposed to be multimillionaire
Thank you Dr. Grande. It is very interesting.
I honestly think he was just sick and bored of his life and decided to go out with a "bang", to feel different for once.
Part of me thinks that he couldn't stand seeing young people enjoy themselves with loud music and wanted to inflict the misery on them that he feels....typical of bored, sad people.
I understand that.
There are a lot of sick and bored with life people around, but what differentiates them between someone like Paddock, who decides to do something like what he did?
Kris Jackson Doesn't matter, every person is different. His actions are FAR from being justifiable, but I suppose you can "see" why he chose to do what he did.
I get where you're coming from, but I'm not sure about that. Apparently, he tried to set things up in a way that might have allowed his escape and he was wearing a bullet-proof vest. Also, he left no note or 'manifesto'. It's more as if he wasn't definately intending to commit suicide, but was willing to go that way if cornered. Which is what happened.
Awesome video, yet again; I'm so glad I found your channel!
I remember when this happened in Vegas, I became obsessed as I watched the story unravel and how more & more information was coming to light about Paddock and the circumstances in which the shooting occurred. It makes me wonder: what is it that makes people like me and I'm sure many other viewers of your channel so intrigued by serial killers, mass shooters, psychopaths and dangerous criminals? Would it be possible for you to consider doing a video on why people are drawn towards the macabre, and why some are more so than others?
Good question for Dr. Grande. 👏👏
Yes, that would be an interesting one, indeed!
Could the fascination with murder is interesting. I can tell by the commercials on ID channel its mostly women with this obsession. Could it be some form of Schadenfreude?
Women are more interested in evading violence their whole lives!
Kris Jackson - all of us have a dark side with horrific potential, but watching stories of homicidal serial killers, etc. helps us to mediate those submerged latencies and allow us to continue our law-abiding ways.
cues
Very good diagnosis,Dr
Incredibly insightful
This is heartbreaking and a tragedy for all those who were killed or injured that night. I remember hearing this on the news and was shocked and saddened by his actions and the lives lost. As we know, in gambling the house always wins. It's a highly profitable business and a "cash cow" for the government. Sadly, it appears that the Feds put "profits before people" and no consideration is given to the destructive forces of gambling let alone the ethics. I was just reflecting on the variable ratio reinforcement schedule and how that may also contribute to the addictive force of gambling. Anyway, it's unfortunate that Stephen had a difficult history because it sounds like he did have potential and could have been a productive member of society. As always, thank you Dr. Grande for another interesting analysis!
Interesting. I always thought that this case was brushed under the rug because of the firearms and the demographic of the perpetrator. I didn't realize the casinos were probably trying to get this story to go away too.
Definitely in my top 3 channels on UA-cam. Highly informative and detailed. I'd be interested to see Jordan Belfort from the Wolf of Wall Street. Regardless, another superb video, as always!
Please analyze the scene where he's snorting coke out of a hooker's ass
That made me lol
Fascinating analysis.
Wow you gave a fantastic explanation and reasoning. Not twisting the story in any way such as the news trys to do.
What an odd one. I'd nearly forgotten about this. Are we getting desensitized to mass shootings. They fade from the news and memory so quickly.
I didn't know where to submit a suggestion, so I'll try here: Has anyone suggested serial police imposter Jeremy DeWitte to you? I'm obsessed with what goes on in the minds of those who impersonate law enforcement. DeWitte also claimed to have served in Afghanistan, which was a confirmed lie. I'd love it if you you could add this man and those like him to your list. Thank you for the videos!
I made the same suggestion. I pointed out the stardom of Mr. Dewitte. Anybody that posts new content about him attracts traffic and subscribers. AFAIK, Dewitte was convicted of some sort of sex crime. I must admit that is very entertaining to watch his body cam.
Jeremy isn't just Florida Man. There is video out there of a visit he made to Chicago. He was staying at an Airbnb and parked where he shouldn't have been parked. A tow truck driver shows up to grab his vehicle. Jeremy starts throwing chairs down at it from the Airbnb unit. The cops show up and he initially convinces them that he's in law enforcement. Eventually, he winds up in the back of a squad car.
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I don't think it's too odd. Most mass killers are very open and and want everyone to know what they did and why. He concealed his crime, which is unusual for mass shooters, but not unusual in general.
Definitely desensitized. There’s too many to remember from 1990’s to now. Recent one I remember is the Canadian dentist that pretended to be a cop and proceeded to mainly kill female drivers. Would be interested to see a video on that guy.
Edit: I didn’t read the other half of your comment when I wrote this. Lol
I worked in casinos for a number of years. Well-paid job. But the suffering is gigantic. You live from people's addiction. Poker at the table isn't even that bad. It's the machines. They are programmed to not only cheat people but also to make them addicted. Here in Germany casino staff is informed and trained to recognize addictive behavior and to prevent it as far as possible. But that is impossible. The lights, the sounds etc. are psychological poison. Some women who sit too often in front of the machines during pregnancy have children who only want to sleep when they hear the sound of the games. They are born addicted. We have often referred pregnant women from the CAsino. Unsustainable consequences. .. There are customers who let their children wait for hours in front of the casino to play "briefly". You cannot imagine the suffering.I quit working there.. I made my hands dirty :-(
Did you work in one of those "schäbige" Casinos or the hoity-toity expensive ones?
Excellent content
Listening again .
I feel for Steve’s family! And those that lost there lives and those injured at the venue!
It makes you wonder who the sick one is... the one with the gambling addiction or the psychopaths running the gambling trap house.
The people running the place are predators
The guy who shot at all those innocent people!
Depraved shooter obviously
I’ll never forget that night. I don’t live far from the strip and some of my friends were there. One was hit in the ear and another had a bullet graze his head just enough to make a straight line across it.
Before that I had been in nyc for 9/11, sometimes I still get nervous in large crowds or wide open spaces. We’re all still healing here. Thanks for covering this, it means a lot to me.
Omg feel better ! I know this is a late comment but I live in NYC and that hit me pretty hard even though I didn’t know anyone who lost their lives . I still can’t watch documentaries about it.
Great learning experience, thank you
You are very skilled in these forms of assessments and in communicating your results. I commend your efforts and congratulate you on finding a highly useful endeavor to capitalize upon your talents. In that regard I believe you are a positive role model.