Anger is one of the most common emotional expressions
The effects of anger on our health
Anger is believed to be a normal emotional reflex reactions or responses:
Against any event that causes displeasure.To disappointment, frustration, stressors, failures, insults, perceived wrongs, violence, aggressions, etc.
Anger is one of the most common emotional expressions ever known to man, and every person can experience it.
While some people have superior control over anger, and therefore can express it mildly when situation calls for it; others may have little or no control over their anger and can as such explode in rages (violent fits of anger). Some people can hold anger inside without expressing it, (i.e. anger repression) for days, months and even years; others may just dissipate the feeling of anger after a brief moment.
It is important to know that anger is a powerful emotion, and it is the way we handle it that will determine its short-term or long-term health problems on us.
Before we proceed further, let us first of all examine some of the things that cause anger:
In most case, the expression or the feeling of anger are just the symptoms of unresolved physical, social and emotional problems.
Some people may have :
- A very low self esteem.
- Deep distrust for other people.
- A deep feeling of disappointment, frustration, failures, unfulfilled expectations, etc. and they may express all these through an explosion of anger at the slightest provocation.
There are also some physical problems that can lead to an expression of anger in some people e.g.:
Unwholesome eating habits like the excessive intake of red meat stimulants, etc.
Stressful situations, physical pains, noise, discordant musical tones, positively charged atmosphere, crowds, etc. may cause some people to react angrily to certain situations or events.
Violent anger may equally be the symptoms of certain ailments in the body, e.g.:
- Thyroid problems.
- High or low blood pressure, etc.
Just like any other negative emotions (such as fear, anxiety, excitement, etc.), anger-justified or not-triggers what is known as the body’s “fight or flight” response, i.e. a survival mode that prepares the body and gives it the necessary energy to face dangerous situations.
These physical responses cause the adrenal gland located on top of the kidneys to produce the stress hormones such as adrenaline, noradrenalin, cortisone, etc. At the same time, the brain shunts blood away from the digestive system and directs it towards the muscles for physical activities. Consequently, the activities of the brain become sharper, the heart rate, the blood pressure, the respirations, the body temperature, etc. increase. However, if these stress hormones are not burnt off or released through actions or when they are produces excess or inappropriately, they become dangerous and destructive to the body.
A violent fit of anger, or sudden out burst of anger or chronic anger causes the adrenals to flood the body with the excess of these high voltage stress chemical (i.e. adrenaline noradrenalin, cortisone, etc.) which may give rise to some of the short and long-term health problem associated with anger, such as:
* The contraction of the head and neck muscles which gives rise to:
- Neck and shoulder tightness.
- Tension headaches.
- Sleeplessness (insomnia).
- Increase anxiety.
- Raised blood pressure and arterial disorders.
- High blood cholesterols.
- Restlessness.
- Dizziness.
- Mild tremor or the lips or hand
- Yelling at people, slamming the door and sudden out burst of anger.
- Clenching the teeth.
- Increase perspiration (sweating)
- Less productivity in school, workplace or at home due to lack of concentration and poor memory, etc.
* The high voltage stress hormones, i.e. the chemicals produced by intense feeling of anger also suppress the secretion of digestive and pancreatic juices which causes:
While some people have superior control over anger, and therefore can express it mildly when situation calls for it; others may have little or no control over their anger and can as such explode in rages (violent fits of anger). Some people can hold anger inside without expressing it, (i.e. anger repression) for days, months and even years; others may just dissipate the feeling of anger after a brief moment.
It is important to know that anger is a powerful emotion, and it is the way we handle it that will determine its short-term or long-term health problems on us.
Before we proceed further, let us first of all examine some of the things that cause anger:
In most case, the expression or the feeling of anger are just the symptoms of unresolved physical, social and emotional problems.
Some people may have :
- A very low self esteem.
- Deep distrust for other people.
- A deep feeling of disappointment, frustration, failures, unfulfilled expectations, etc. and they may express all these through an explosion of anger at the slightest provocation.
There are also some physical problems that can lead to an expression of anger in some people e.g.:
Unwholesome eating habits like the excessive intake of red meat stimulants, etc.
Stressful situations, physical pains, noise, discordant musical tones, positively charged atmosphere, crowds, etc. may cause some people to react angrily to certain situations or events.
Violent anger may equally be the symptoms of certain ailments in the body, e.g.:
- Thyroid problems.
- High or low blood pressure, etc.
Just like any other negative emotions (such as fear, anxiety, excitement, etc.), anger-justified or not-triggers what is known as the body’s “fight or flight” response, i.e. a survival mode that prepares the body and gives it the necessary energy to face dangerous situations.
These physical responses cause the adrenal gland located on top of the kidneys to produce the stress hormones such as adrenaline, noradrenalin, cortisone, etc. At the same time, the brain shunts blood away from the digestive system and directs it towards the muscles for physical activities. Consequently, the activities of the brain become sharper, the heart rate, the blood pressure, the respirations, the body temperature, etc. increase. However, if these stress hormones are not burnt off or released through actions or when they are produces excess or inappropriately, they become dangerous and destructive to the body.
A violent fit of anger, or sudden out burst of anger or chronic anger causes the adrenals to flood the body with the excess of these high voltage stress chemical (i.e. adrenaline noradrenalin, cortisone, etc.) which may give rise to some of the short and long-term health problem associated with anger, such as:
* The contraction of the head and neck muscles which gives rise to:
- Neck and shoulder tightness.
- Tension headaches.
- Sleeplessness (insomnia).
- Increase anxiety.
- Raised blood pressure and arterial disorders.
- High blood cholesterols.
- Restlessness.
- Dizziness.
- Mild tremor or the lips or hand
- Yelling at people, slamming the door and sudden out burst of anger.
- Clenching the teeth.
- Increase perspiration (sweating)
- Less productivity in school, workplace or at home due to lack of concentration and poor memory, etc.
* The high voltage stress hormones, i.e. the chemicals produced by intense feeling of anger also suppress the secretion of digestive and pancreatic juices which causes:
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