Why are some people more angry than others

This is the second in a three-part series on anger click here for the first article. People who are easily angered generally have what some psychologists call a low tolerance for frustration, meaning simply that they feel that they should not have to be subjected to frustration, inconvenience, or annoyance.

Research has also found that family background plays a role. Typically, people who are easily angered come from families that are disruptive, chaotic, and not skilled at emotional communications.

Is It Good to "Let it All Hang Out?” Psychologists now say that this is a dangerous myth. Some people use this theory as a license to hurt others. Research has found that "letting it rip" with anger actually escalates anger and aggression and does nothing to help you (or the person you're angry with) resolve the situation.

It's best to find out what it is that triggers your anger, and then to develop strategies to keep those triggers from tipping you over the edge.

Sometimes, our anger and frustration are caused by very real and inescapable problems in our lives. The best attitude to bring to such a situation, then, is not to focus on finding the solution, but rather on how you handle and face the problem.

Make a plan and check your progress along the way. Resolve to give it your best, but also not to punish yourself if an answer doesn't come right away.

Medical reasons include a hyperactive thyroid, which increases metabolic rate, diabetes, which affects blood sugar levels, cardiovascular disease, and dementia.

Healthy people may resort to anger because they cannot deal with fear, disappointment, frustration, or embarrassment. We wish we could control the world and cannot, or they feel a failure or worthless and blame others for everything that goes wrong. All this may have roots in past trauma or in parenting that leaves children ill-equipped to understand and cope with their own and others’ varying emotional states.

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