Do you have an 'angry personality'?
Part 2 of a 2 Part Series
People suffering with alcoholism or drug addiction may have a history of anger. There are many reasons why some people suffer more than others due to mood disorders, personality disorders, depression and a myriad of other mental health issues.
Anger, like stress and other powerful emotions, has a profound effect on the body and manifesting in physical complications.
- Aching Limbs – the build-up of glucose in the limbs can make our arms and legs feel heavy and tired. In addition, we tend to tense our muscles in preparation for flight or fight and this tension causes pain. Many people turn to drugs and alcohol for temporary relief of aches and pains.
- Headache – Blood supply increases to the brain to enable us to think more clearly, but build-up cause’s headaches. Again, some people may turn to alcohol or prescription drugs to calm them down after an anger outburst and subdue their headache.
- Neck ache – Again, we tend to tense our neck muscles when stressed, causing pain. How often have you felt your shoulders sink down when the stress has subsided?
- Tiredness – We feel tired because we have been burning up so much extra energy during angry outbursts or experiencing a tirade of abuse from a member of the family.
- Dry mouth – Flow of saliva is reduced to the mouth during stressful times.
- Stomach ache/butterflies – Blood is diverted away from this area so digestive mechanisms are reduced – this can lead to digestive problems and discomfort.
- Dizziness – Although we breathe more quickly when we are feeling angry or emotional, we tend to take more shallow breaths and thus we do not breathe in as much oxygen as we do normally. This can lead to a slightly reduced supply to the brain, causing dizziness.
- Chronic (you are always angry and it doesn’t take much to send you into a rage); or
- Inappropriately expressed (in explosive, aggressive or other unacceptable ways); or
- Too intense (high intensity of anger rarely produces positive results since we are more likely to say or do things we regret, we think less clearly and we may act impulsively); or
- Lasting too long.
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