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What will you feel when you are angry?
Anger can make you yell or scream at those around you, even people you like or love. Some people keep their anger buried deep inside. If you do this, you might get a headache or your stomach might start to hurt. You may just feel crummy about yourself or start to cry.
What happens to the brain when you are angry?
As you become angry your body’s muscles tense up. Inside your brain, neurotransmitter chemicals known as catecholamines are released causing you to experience a burst of energy lasting up to several minutes. This burst of energy is behind the common angry desire to take immediate protective action.
How do you act when angry?
If you feel yourself getting angry, what should you do?
- Tell yourself to calm down.
- Force yourself to leave the situation.
- Use visualization to calm down.
- Count to 10 (or 50… or 100) if you feel like you’re about to do or say something harmful.
- Splash some cold water on your face.
- Slow down and focus on your breathing.
How anger affects your family?
The effect of anger in families is usually apparent in the way that members relate with one another. Relational patterns that include angry outbursts and/or behaviors are likely to reappear in later relationships outside the family. The more established the pattern, the more challenging it is to change.
Is anger a fear?
You are never angry without experiencing something deeper. Anger comes from fear, conscious or unconscious. Anger comes from hurt, a wound slicing into you that can’t help but react to. Anger comes from pain, from the lingering, often harsh, often intolerable discomfort.
Is anger a weakness?
As has been said by many people in many different ways, happiness is a function of acceptance. Anger, on the other hand, is about resisting what is. As such, anger—or more precisely, habitual anger (or resentment)—isn’t simply a weakness. It’s a path leading to a lifetime of frustration, dissatisfaction, and misery.
What are the signs of anger?
Irritability Anger causes a person to become irritated with situations and circumstances that would not bother him otherwise.
What are some problems with anger?
Chronic (long-term) anger has been linked to health issues such as high blood pressure, heart problems, headaches, skin disorders, and digestive problems. In addition, anger can be linked to problems such as crime, emotional and physical abuse, and other violent behavior.
What to do when Mad?
1) Hit the Gym 2) Do a martial art – like boxing 3) Try Yoga 4) Scream really loud 5) Play an instrument – like drums 6) Write an angry email – but don’t send it! 7) Forgive 8) Go swimming 9) Run 10K 10) Sprint 11) Listen to rally loud, angry music 12) Cry it out! 13) Don’t judge yourself 14) Be honest 15) Call a mate, have a rant 16) Wait until it’s passed before you act 17) Shout a swear word 18) Play a video game (a relaxing one) 19) Draw 20) Paint