Inside the Violent Mind: What Creates a Killer—and What Could Stop One

What makes a person cross the line into violence? Is it trauma, biology, environment—or something darker buried deep in the brain?
In this episode of The You Only Podcast, we dive headfirst into Adrian Raine’s groundbreaking book The Anatomy of Violence and uncover the shocking science behind why some minds fracture… and others survive.

This episode isn’t just about criminals or killers.
It’s about us.
Our pasts.
Our pain.
And the invisible forces shaping who we become.

Using Raine’s research, we explore:
🔹 The brain abnormalities linked to aggression
🔹 How childhood trauma wires the mind for violence
🔹 The haunting question—are some people born bad?
🔹 And what society gets dangerously wrong about rehabilitation

As someone who’s survived the kind of childhood most people never speak about, I take Raine’s findings personally. Because when you’ve lived through violence, you don’t just study it—you feel it in your bones.

This episode is raw.
It’s honest.
And it might change the way you see the people around you… and the person you used to be.

If you’ve ever wondered why violence exists—or how anyone breaks free from its grip—you need to hear this.

Press play. Go deep. And walk with me into the mind we fear the most.