Consequences of Expressing Anger

Anger is an emotion characterized by bitterness towards someone or something you feel has deliberately done you wrong. Everyone feels angry sometimes. However, anger becomes a problem when it begins to impact a person’s daily life and causes them to react in a way that might hurt themselves or those around them.

Anger can become a problem when it comes out as aggression or affects a person’s life and relationships. This might be because they find their feelings of anger overwhelming or uncontrollable. Anger can be ways of expressing or responding to a range of other feelings, like:

• Frustration 

• Embarrassment or humiliation

• Guilt or shame

• Jealousy

• Hurt or sadness

• Feeling a loss of connection to family, friends, community, or country

• Being threatened or frightened 

• Feeling unfairly treated 

However, uncontrolled anger can take a toll on both you and your relationships. 

Here are the consequences of expressing anger:

Headache:

 When you are angry, muscles in the back of the neck and scalp tense up, causing a tight band-like sensation around the head.

Insomnia:

 People who are generally angry or struggle to keep their temper in check have a worse night’s sleep than happier people.

Depression: 

Anger is an emotion that everyone feels sometimes, but if a person is feeling angry all the time, they may be experiencing depression.

High blood pressure: 

Anger causes an outpouring of stress hormones like adrenaline, which causes the heart to beat faster and increases blood pressure.

Heart attack: 

Research shows that in the two hours after an angry outburst, a person has a slightly higher risk of having chest pain, a heart attack, or a risky heart rhythm.

Stroke: 

Researchers found that two hours after an angry outburst, a person’s risk for a heart attack increased nearly five times, and their risk of stroke shot up more than three times, compared to when someone was not angry.

Weakens the immune system:

Prolonged sessions of anger take the toll on the body in the form of high blood pressure, stress, anxiety, headaches, and poor circulation. Few minutes of anger is so stressful that it can impair the immune system.

Shortens the life span:

Stress is tightly linked to general health. If you are stressed or angry, there is a tendency for shortened lifespan. 

Increase of anxiety:

When you are angry or anxious, your body secretes hormones, including cortisol and adrenaline, that prepare you to fight or flee. During angry moments, you are likely to experience rapid heart rate and chest tightness.

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