The norm is reasonable anger, but when a person experiences it and or is unable to control it, then this can have detrimental effects to the person's health. Though anger as a reaction to irritating circumstances is quite natural, constant or high intensity anger causes different health problems that may harm your health. In this article, you learn the five ways in which anger can impact your health to underscore the need to tame it.

 

1. Cardiovascular Health: Anger Can Hurt The Heart

 

Higher Odds Of Development Of Heart Disease

Perhaps the most profound impact of anger on your health is that it raises your likelihood of heart disease. Whenever you find yourself getting angry, the hormone adrenaline is released into your body and cortisol which prepares you for an event of ‘fight or flight’. This response results in an increase of the rate of heartbeat, blood pressure and constriction of the blood vessels. With time, anger will result in stress on the cardiovascular system leading to high blood pressure, build-up of fatty materials in the blood vessels and even heart attack.

 

Elevated Blood Pressure

Prolonged experience of fury is capable of making the blood pressure level rise to a new high, which in turn might result in hypertension as a standard feature of the person. High blood pressure is also a significant source of concern for people with heart disease, stroke and other heart related issues. People are at higher risk of getting these conditions if they often feel and express very high levels of anger, and therefore anger should be well managed to safeguard heart health.

 

2. Immune System Suppression: Yelling Smashes The Immune System Of Your Body

 

Reduced Immune Function

Prolonged anger will lead to weakening of the body immune system, hence making the body vulnerable to diseases and illnesses. Anger related stress hormones tend to disrupt the manufacture and activity of white blood fighting bodies which are a key constituent of the immune system. It causes the immune system to have a weak response to diseases such as the colds, flu, and other types of infections and also to take a long time before it is able to heal you when you are sick or injured.

 

Increased Susceptibility To Illness

That is why, due to often anger, the immune defense weakens, and the body becomes less able to fight off infection – causing pathogens. This results in more frequent illnesses and that they persist for a longer duration thus leading to a weakened immune system altogether. Anger management through practicing relaxation, exercise, and other proper methods assist in offering an effective fighting immune system.


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3. Mental Health: What A Burst Of Anger Does To Your Emotional Health

 

Increased Anxiety And Depression

It is well understood that anger is associated with the disorders of mental health like anxiety and depression. All these cognitive and affective changes show that when anger becomes a central feeling it results in hopelessness, frustration and irritability. The result is that such feelings may turn to chronic anxiety or depression if the anger is not resolved. Stress and continuously frequent anger will combat the balance of neurotransmitters hence causing mood disorders.

 

Negative Impact On Relationships

Frustration can also lead to the breakdown of relationships, thereby leading to loneliness that worsens mental health. Anger-based conflicts become cyclical because the failure to manage anger means that the anger results in added stress and suffering. This in turn can reveal feelings of depression and anxiety and thus lead to more usage of the substance which forms a cycle that is hard to cut short.

 

4. Digestive Issues: Ways That Anger Affects The Digestive System

 

Gastrointestinal Distress

An effect that anger has on your gastrointestinal tract is that it can trigger gastrointestinal problems like stomach ache, heartburn, or IBS. Stress hormones provoked by anger may progressively affect the digestion tract in a way that its muscles tighten causing disorders. These problems can be made worse by chronic anger and can cause continuing digestion difficulties which interfere with your life.

 

Increased Risk Of Ulcers

Anger and stress, when experienced in the long run, also lead to ulcers. Some hormones are released in the body as a result of anger, such as stress hormones that may lead to the secretion of acid in the stomach responsible for irritation of the stomach lining and thus the formation of ulcers. By utilizing stress management including anger management through stress busters like deep breathing, meditation, and a balanced diet, the digestive system will not be at the losing end.

 

5. Sleep Disruption: Impact Of Anger For Sound Sleep

 

Difficulty Falling Asleep

Rage also has the potential of disrupting your stochastic process of sleep; that is, getting to sleep and constantly waking up at different times in the middle of the night. Anger serves to increase the level of arousal which thereby inhibits the ability to calm down and go to bed. This can result in either insomnia or a condition whereby one only dozes off at night, which if continued for some time leads to fatigue, irritability and low brain power.

 

Poor Sleep Quality

If you do fall asleep, anger does interfere with the quality of your rest so severely that you wake up with images of the situation that made you angry still fresh in your mind. Uncontrolled angry cognitions or ongoing conflicts lead to awakenings during the night or poorer quality sleep during the night. Lack of quality sleep not only harms your physical state but also the mental facet of a person which makes him more vulnerable to suddenly changing emotions, irritation, and next episodes of anger.

 

To Wrap Up!

Anger is therefore dead serious as far as one’s overall health is concerned since it directly influences the well-being of the heart, the immune system, the brain, the digestive system among others. Prolonged anger is dangerous since it affects the overall health of the individuals including their; cardiovascular systems, immune systems, mental well-being, digestion, and sleeping patterns. But the sad thing is that if you fail to notice signs of unhealthy anger and how it compromises your health, you will be allowing it to dictate how you live your life.

 

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