In the heat of anger, we often don’t use our best judgment.
We may say and do things we later regret, or lose track of what we’re arguing about.
Why is that?
Well, it has to do with cortisol. You see, anger can spark an overload of cortisol in the brain.
So where does the cortisol come from in the first place? That’s something we got into here.
And to help you visualize what’s happening when there’s too much cortisol in the brain, we put this together for you (and please feel free to make a copy to share).
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Coming soon: How Anger Affects Your Brain and Body, Part 3 – How Stress Hormones Change Your Body
In effect- the key to mental stability is being calm in all situations. Of course! Thank you for this wise and vital information.
thank you exeland method to learn
than you again
Very timely. Will be reading both parts. Been struggling with some anger of late and even prayer cannot seem to resolve it. Perhaps this article is the answer to my prayers🙏..Thank you.
This helps me and my 76 husband . He has suffered with excess Cortisol from childhood. Hyperadonism. From birth. Mother age 40. Lifelong health issues. Stroke at 30, uncontrolled high blood pressure. Triple bypass age 65. Now short term memory. It will help me and Gp to support him as well as family who could never understand incidents A BIG thank you .
A lot of negative thinking here .
How could you present this in a positive way to give a more wholistic bigger picture including some positive thinking about creating a more healthy outlook ?
I experience your pictures depicting violence too .
How do others experience them ?
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With Respect and Thanks for helping to create wellbeing , comfort and health .
I’m feeling quite angry about the Renaissance and witch hunts this week and I think this is making me more intelligent as I think about the repercussions and different ways of viewing history and society. If I was not angry I would not bother to ponder the subject
This is brilliant, it makes it easy to understand. I will share with link workers (Health and We’ll Being/Social Prescriber) staff who support clients with a range of issues, many who are angry. They will share with people they support helping them to work on reducing anger.
Is this why the seven deadly sins are so called: anger, envy, lust, luxury, greed, sloth, jealousy?
For jealousy, read envy. They’re not the same.
I watch my beloved pet when he has this devastating chemical shoot into his body.his doc says its just like what you found.you can see his body,revving up rapid breathing.the he walks in circles and co ally collapses on the floor with a loud thud.
Interesting, thank you.
Simple easily understood explanation. Very informative in a quick and entertaining format. 👍👏👏
I know someone who is very angry and then vindictive as a result. Is toxic. Good to be aware of this.
I have the opposite problem – adrenal insufficiency where my body can’t produce enough cortisol. What happens then? Does it interfere with your ability to be angry? Are neurons preserved more? Does serotonin production increase? I’d love to find out.
I want to know more on this subject as I have struggled with stress for most of my life
Where can I find Part 1 please
Exactly. Where is part one ?
Very informative article on how we tick and why. Look forward to reading the next one in the series.
This is very interesting, but I don’t understand why the creator seems to be conflating the terms ‘anger’ & ‘stress’ – of course anger is a form of stress, but the terms are not synonymous.
Was just standing in my kitchen talking to my son about cortisol and it’s effects. Pulled up my Instagram page and this is the first advert to come up. I’m not normally paranoid about my phone listening to what I’m saying but maybe I should be!
Turn off microphone permission for all social media and anything goggle-related. It helps.