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Howes Claims Repressed Trauma Fueled Basketball Court Violence and Rage

Ed Mylett Show · Overcoming the Fear of Failure: Strategies for a Maxed Out Life | Ed Mylett · June 8, 2026
Howes Claims Repressed Trauma Fueled Basketball Court Violence and Rage
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Overcoming the Fear of Failure: Strategies for a Maxed Out Life | Ed Mylett
"Every day I would go play basketball and I just constantly— someone would yap at me and it was like I had to step to them like I was the alpha dog and like shove them and scream at them. One day I put him in a headlock and just started UFC pounding him, throwing him to the ground, on top of him, just like unleashing all this anger."
Howes described a pattern of explosive violence on basketball courts before confronting his childhood sexual abuse. He said he was 'constantly angry' despite business success and sought physical confrontation as his only outlet. A brutal fight where he left someone bloodied became the breaking point that led him to therapy.
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