What are the physical effects of getting angry?

Physical effects of getting angry 

Uncontrolled anger is extremely harmful to your body that it might outweigh obesity, smoking, and a high-fat eating regimen as high-risk factors leading to chronic sickness and early demise.

More awful, nobody appears to realize what to do with it. You should not smother anger, say a few, as that only increases the damage to your health. You should not vent it either, say others, as that too increases the physical harm. 

Chronic anger is wreaking destruction among the occupants of planet earth. Read on to find a list of harmful effects of repressed or uncontrolled anger on your body.

Physical impact of uncontrolled anger 

1. Hypertension: Cardiac disease. In a random investigation of about 5000 people, those with the highest anger levels had double the risk of heart disease and thrice the risk of heart attack when contrasted with the subjects with lower levels of anger. 

2. Cancer: Unnaturally high anger scores have been found in those afflicted by cancer. There is proof that stifled anger might be a forerunner to cancer and a major component in its spread and progression.

3. Migraines: Scientists have demonstrated that individuals who suppress their anger are more likely to experience chronic debilitating migraines. 

4. Skin: Disorders, allergies, headaches, digestive issues, substance and alcohol abuse are some of the other anger associated complications. 

5. Chronic pain: Studies on suppressed anger bring out the association between chronic pain and uncontrolled anger. 

6. Exhaustion: Clinicians relate stifled anger to holding an inflated ball submerged under water. It requires effort to keep the ball submerged as it constantly tries to rise. In a like manner, feelings persistently want to rise and be discharged. It requires physical energy to hold them down. You have to keep muscles tight to stop the emotional outburst. This leads to physical exhaustion.

7. Untimely death: Scientists examined the impact of uncontrolled anger on individuals over a period of 10 years. The results of their research states individuals with clear indications of chronically repressed anger were three times more inclined to have died during the study than the individuals who did not harbor hostile emotions. 

In retrospect, if anger is not addressed appropriately, over the course of time it could weaken the immune system and lead to a broad spectrum of health issues such as the ones listed out below:

•    Heart attack
•    Headaches
•    Insomnia
•    Depression
•    Increased anxiety
•    Skin problems, such as eczema
•    High blood pressure
•    Stroke
•    Problems with digestion 

In addition to the health issues listed out above, anger can also lead to other negative and eventually destructive emotions like feelings of hopelessness, bitterness, futility, helplessness, unexplained grief and in some extreme cases suicide. Living a happy and fulfilling life might become nearly impossible if you hold on to anger. Like other emotional problems, one must work on the underlying cause of anger and just not the symptoms. It is a good idea to practice anger management techniques. Begin today, don’t delay, as life is too short.