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
I work with children and families and these graphics would be helpful to help them understand how anger works in the body because it does wear out the body. I am working with a youth whose core belief is that “after I fight that person it feels good” well think again. These graphics are good material to show that the body gets stressed out. DO YOU HAVE ONE FOR ANXIETY? and DEPRESSION. I was looking for something like this online that is self-explanatory GREAT JOB! i love it and its simple and it makes sense to grasp.
I’d like to use the method suggested on your website’s video called ” A Practical Skill for Defusing Anger”, with Marcia Lineham
Dr Marcia recommends the above method is the next step after a person has admitted that they are angry and believes it is Worthwhile for one’s self to decrease their anger.
Great Imaging, often it’s so difficult to verbally express how much “Damage Anger can Cause”
Awesome information that I will use with clients.