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If you knew that frequent anger might raise your risk of heart disease significantly, would you not consider letting go of all your bitterness and hostility towards a person?
It's time for resentful *****s to take heed: Increasingly, the negative, irritable, raging, and bitter personality type worries heart researchers and doctors alike. "You're talking about people who seem to experience high levels of anger very frequently,"
Anger's Physiological Effects on the Heart
So how exactly does anger contribute to heart disease? Scientists don't know for sure, but anger might produce direct physiological effects on the heart and arteries. Emotions such as anger and hostility quickly activate the "fight or flight response," in which stress hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol, speed up your heart rate and breathing and give you a burst of energy. Blood pressure also rises as your blood vessels constrict.
Just a friendly reminder
It's time for resentful *****s to take heed: Increasingly, the negative, irritable, raging, and bitter personality type worries heart researchers and doctors alike. "You're talking about people who seem to experience high levels of anger very frequently,"
Anger's Physiological Effects on the Heart
So how exactly does anger contribute to heart disease? Scientists don't know for sure, but anger might produce direct physiological effects on the heart and arteries. Emotions such as anger and hostility quickly activate the "fight or flight response," in which stress hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol, speed up your heart rate and breathing and give you a burst of energy. Blood pressure also rises as your blood vessels constrict.
Just a friendly reminder
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