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Do not suppose you are hurt , and your complaint ceases. Cease your complaint , and you are not hurt.
Some people really are more "hotheaded" than others are; they get angry more easily and more intensely than the average person does. There are also those who don't show their anger in loud spectacular ways but are chronically irritable and grumpy. Easily angered people don't always curse and throw things; sometimes they withdraw socially, sulk, or get physically ill.
People who are easily angered generally have what some psychologists call a low tolerance for frustration, meaning simply that they feel that they should not have to be subjected to frustration, inconvenience, or annoyance. They can't take things in stride, and they're particularly infuriated if the situation seems somehow unjust: for example, being corrected for a minor mistake.
There are two types of angry person:
Internally angry person
Manifestation of anger:
Silent Treatment
Sarcasm
Avoidance
Withdrawal
Cold eyes, evil stare
Easily annoyed
Cynical
Uses profanity, under breath
Puts themselves down
Externally angry person
Manifestation of anger
Punches wholes in walls, kick doors, etc.
Verbal abuse (yells and screams, curses, name calling - idiot, moron, stupid, fat, threatening - I'm going to kill you, I should punch you, You better get out of my face woman) Physical abuse (hitting, pushing, biting, smacking, grabbing, bumping into, throwing objects at someone)
Controlling - Do it my way because that's the only way to do it
Demanding - Do it now, right now
Manipulative - You do what I want and then I'll give you what you need
Critical - Can't you do anything right
Openly judgmental of others
Explosive anger episodes
Disagrees with everyone about almost everything
Uses profanity openly
Put themselves down
What makes these people this way? A number of things. One cause may be genetic or physiological: There is evidence that some children are born irritable, touchy, and easily angered, and that these signs are present from a very early age. Another may be sociocultural. Anger is often regarded as negative; we're taught that it's all right to express anxiety, depression, or other emotions but not to express anger. As a result, we don't learn how to handle it or channel it constructively.
Research has also found that family background plays a role. Typically, people who are easily angered come from families that are disruptive, chaotic, and not skilled at emotional communications.
Though in this society, we have generally been taught that anger is bad, this is actually a normal and healthy emotion. That is, if experienced in moderation; anything to excess tends to result in trouble.
With each episode of anger, the heart rate and blood pressure not only raises, the coronary arteries narrow and the blood actually becomes more viscous. The effects of anger could seriously affect people who already have heart problems, leading to a condition called myocardial ischemia, or even a heart attack.
The Forebrain, namely the Cerebellum, is responsible for our emotions, anger being one of them. Like other strong emotions, it is accompanied by physiological and biological changes. These changes include, but aren't restricted to, the increase of heart rate and blood pressure, as well as levels of energy, hormones, adrenaline and noradrenaline. Adrenaline is usually associated with fear, while noradrenaline is with anger and hostility. This suggests that fear and anger are linked, and it is no great surprise that anger is often the response to a fear inducing threat.
This anger quickly escalates into aggressive self-defense, which is sometimes a necessary component to keeping alive. So you see, a certain amount of anger is actually essential for survival.
The suppression of anger is more damaging than the trauma itself. It causes a toxicosis that leads to anxiety and depression.
Toxicosis in the brain results in periodic over- and understimulation of the pituitary gland and other control organs, leading to peripheral disease. When the detoxification process is finished, psychosomatic disorders--better termed neurogenic--disappear. Because you will be attracted to healtier diets, your are less likely to get physically sick.
The continual suppression of emotions during fight or flight reactions results in atrophy and endogenous toxicosis in noradrenergic neurons. Diminished synaptic levels of norepinephrine (noradrenaline)are associated with depression. During periodic detoxification crises excess norepinephrine and other metabolites flood synapses. The norepinephrine overexcites postsynaptic neurons and causes symptoms ranging from mild anxiety to violent behavior. Some of the other metabolites, which may include dopamine, epinephrine (adrenaline), serotonin, gamma-aminobutyric acid, peptides, amino acids, and various metabolic waste products, are bound by noradrenergic receptors and alter neurotransmission.
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