ACME
07-12-2010, 11:24 PM
.
What is anger
:smile (24):
Anger has many sources. Often it is an emotion
which is secondary to some other emotion that
you are feeling - like fear, guilt or relief. So the
parent who shouts at her kid who gets home
late is using anger as a way of displacing fear.
Sometimes it is the result of a sense of great
unfairness - such as when someone is wrongly
accused of a crime, or finds that their partner
has not been telling them the truth, or feels a
passionate sense of social injustice.
But anger may have other causes as well. We
know that animals can be made more
aggressive if the limbic parts of their brains are
stimulated; thus overstimulation of the limbic
(emotional) centre of the brain may override the
neocortex (the reasoning part).
Changes in hormone levels seem to cause
anger too, and inheritance plays a part, as
does our upbringing. The more we are raised in
anger, the more anger we are likely to feel later
in our lives.
Is anger bad for you
Most researchers think
that chronic anger leads
to an increased risk of
heart attack, but studies
show that suppressing
anger is bad for you too,
:smile (93)::smile (73):
Women who constantly
suppress their anger, for example, show
a higher mortality rate than those that don't.
When partners suppress their anger, one
study suggests, this is more damaging to the
woman's health than the man's. So it seems
that while frequent anger is bad for you (heart
attacks, high blood pressure, suppression of
the immune system), the suppression of anger
is worse.
Some commentators suggest that using anger
consciously is a good thing, provided it is not
too extreme or out of control, but others are
convinced that anger could be one of the main
factors controlling our emotional and physical
health.
Your comments are always appreciated
*************************.
What is anger
:smile (24):
Anger has many sources. Often it is an emotion
which is secondary to some other emotion that
you are feeling - like fear, guilt or relief. So the
parent who shouts at her kid who gets home
late is using anger as a way of displacing fear.
Sometimes it is the result of a sense of great
unfairness - such as when someone is wrongly
accused of a crime, or finds that their partner
has not been telling them the truth, or feels a
passionate sense of social injustice.
But anger may have other causes as well. We
know that animals can be made more
aggressive if the limbic parts of their brains are
stimulated; thus overstimulation of the limbic
(emotional) centre of the brain may override the
neocortex (the reasoning part).
Changes in hormone levels seem to cause
anger too, and inheritance plays a part, as
does our upbringing. The more we are raised in
anger, the more anger we are likely to feel later
in our lives.
Is anger bad for you
Most researchers think
that chronic anger leads
to an increased risk of
heart attack, but studies
show that suppressing
anger is bad for you too,
:smile (93)::smile (73):
Women who constantly
suppress their anger, for example, show
a higher mortality rate than those that don't.
When partners suppress their anger, one
study suggests, this is more damaging to the
woman's health than the man's. So it seems
that while frequent anger is bad for you (heart
attacks, high blood pressure, suppression of
the immune system), the suppression of anger
is worse.
Some commentators suggest that using anger
consciously is a good thing, provided it is not
too extreme or out of control, but others are
convinced that anger could be one of the main
factors controlling our emotional and physical
health.
Your comments are always appreciated
*************************.