Mr. J, a Former Professor Series – Entry 41: Neurobehavioral Addendum
When the Frontal Lobe Leaves the Chat
The sustained impulsivity, lack of moral restraint, and fantasy-driven justification observed over months of poetic retaliation suggest a possible dysfunction in prefrontal cortical regulation — particularly within the orbitofrontal and ventromedial regions responsible for moral reasoning, impulse control, and social inhibition.
One might reasonably wonder whether his prefrontal cortex took a sabbatical, especially in the regions governing basic social filters and moral restraint. The sheer volume of unsolicited poetry, detached from reality yet soaked in symbolic retaliation, reads less like catharsis and more like a neurocognitive short-circuit — somewhere between orbitofrontal disinhibition and ego-drenched delusion.
If executive functioning were a team sport, his frontal lobe might’ve left the group chat.
Speculative Neural Profile (Not a Diagnosis, but a Pattern Worth Noting)
Neurobehavioral speculation: The persistent patterns of retaliatory behavior — including unsolicited poetic narratives, fixation on symbolic representations, and apparent detachment from social or moral self-regulation — may suggest dysfunction within the prefrontal cortex, particularly the ventromedial and orbitofrontal regions. These areas are responsible for impulse control, moral reasoning, and the capacity to integrate social consequences.
Behavioral evidence supporting this speculation includes repeated unsolicited contact despite explicit requests to cease, narrative distortions to justify harmful acts, and persistent oscillations between idealizing and degrading relational figures. Such oscillations reflect difficulty integrating external feedback and regulating impulse control, especially when self-image is threatened.
Differential possibilities could include longstanding personality adaptations, trauma-induced shifts in executive function, or a chronic pattern of moral disengagement developed as a coping strategy rather than purely a neurological deficit.
When these executive functions are compromised, individuals may exhibit self-justifying delusions, difficulty integrating social consequences, and a diminished ability to recognize boundaries, especially in emotionally charged or ego-threatening contexts.
While no diagnosis is asserted, the behavioral presentation raises legitimate concern for a neurocognitive or personality-related etiology. These neurobehavioral observations are speculative and based solely on publicly available materials and correspondence; they serve to contextualize otherwise perplexing patterns of interpersonal conduct.
Although trauma-related explanations are often considered in behavioral analysis, in this case, the observed patterns suggest entrenched personality dynamics rather than trauma-driven responses.
While he has described himself as having bipolar disorder and has documented a history of alcohol misuse and psychiatric intervention, these factors may influence emotional regulation but do not absolve personal responsibility for sustained coercive or abusive behaviors.
In the end, whether this is a story of brain, or of character — or both — it remains a cautionary case of what happens when symbolic power outpaces moral regulation.
All mental health references are based on his own self-disclosures and do not constitute medical confirmation.
This profile is a personal forensic reflection intended for public awareness and discourse. It does not constitute a clinical diagnosis or academic publication, and welcomes critical engagement as part of open narrative ethics.
Photo by Xiao Cui via Unsplash
Read the full series
- Entry 1: The Man Who Taught Me Ethics by Failing All of Them
- Entry 2: The Disappearance of the Public Poet
- Entry 3: The Hanging Tree Case Study
- Entry 4: Hidden Like Accountability
- Entry 5: The Collapse of Assumptions
- Entry 6: The Ethics of a Tinder Bio
- Entry 7: How He Ate Told Me Everything
- Entry 8: What Makes a Scholar Dangerous
- Entry 9: Fragment of Life, Fragment of Accountability
- Entry 10: Anatomy of Disappointment
- Entry 11: Legal Defense Challenges: A Framing Statement
- Entry 12: Six Years After Ronell – What Academia Still Doesn’t Get
- Entry 13: QUT and The Man Who Raped Me
- Entry 14: Why Sarcasm Toward Institutions Can Backfire
- Entry 15: P*ssy or Toxic Masculinity?
- Entry 16: Who is Your Favorite Comedian?
- Entry 17: And What is Your Favorite Song?
- Entry 18: Grant Proposal — Narrative Ethics as Survivor-Led Forensics
- Entry 19: The Coward Behind the Clone
- Entry 20: [URGENT HIRE] CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST
- Entry 21: [URGENT] Legal Counsel Needed for Complex Reputation Rehabilitation
- Entry 22: YOU’RE AN ABUSER. STOP CONTACTING ME
- Entry 23: Seeking Counsel for a Fallen Academic
- Entry 24: Internal Legal-PR Briefing
- Entry 25: For Journalists – Legal & Ethical Clearance Summary
- Entry 26: Symbolic Prostitution, Transactional Intimacy, or Just a “Loan”?
- Entry 28: Why He Simply Cannot Shut Up
- Entry 29: Forensic Commentary on “LARGE Language Muddle”
- Entry 30: Don’t Just Threaten My Future. Because I’m Going To Archive Your Present
- Entry 31: Open Letter to the Person Who Tried to Break Me with Defamation
- Entry 32: Defamation, Harassment, Doxxing Class 101
- Entry 33: Confidential Crisis Recovery Proposal
- Entry 34: Forensic Behavioral-Somatic Report
- Entry 35: Forensic Commentary on the Tattoos
- Entry 36: QUT and the Abuser They Once Had
- Entry 38: When Poetry Becomes Revenge Porn
- Entry 40: A Man Built for Applause, Not Accountability
- Entry 41: Neurobehavioral Addendum (you are here)
- Entry 43: Why Does It Sound Like a War Metaphor?
- Entry 44: Forensic Commentary on Racialized and Fetishizing Language in “Hidden Like Rice”
- Entry 45: Public Misuse of Former Academic Affiliation
- Entry 46: The Two Things That Didn’t Leave a Bad Impression
- Reflection: The Miscalculation
(More entries coming soon)
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