Emotional stress and anger trigger the release of stress hormone cortisol in the body. Small releases of cortisol can give the body a quick burst of energy.
However, higher and more prolonged increases can bringinto the body a host of negative effects.
It can create a blood sugar imbalance; it can decrease bone density, suppress the body’s immune response and make it susceptible to chronic inflammation; it can suppress thyroid function, slowing down the body’s metabolism; it can impair the brain’s thinking ability and increase blood pressure.
According to Christina Boerma, is something we all need to be aware of. We cannot afford to ignore the effects of anger on the body.
Anger can raise your heart rate to 180 beats a minute. It can raise your blood pressure from 120 over 80 to 220 over 130, perhaps even higher.
Your breathing becomes rapid as you try to get more oxygen into your body.
Your body tenses and and your muscles become tight.
When you become stressed, your mind is in survival mode and your body releases chemicals to clot the blood, creating a potentially dangerous situation: a clot can travel through the blood vessels the brain or heart, resulting in a stroke or heart attack.
I love this site! And this one on Anger, resentment and forgiveness is something I preach all the time! Thank you for your input and getting it out there!
~Rev. Autumn Brown
Thank you
I appreciate you kind words!
Anger and resentment will definately cause mental and physical harm to oneself…..and, injury to those close enough to listen. It is the very selfish, self-centered person that shares this behavior with others who have no way to help other than listen. The person who could care less about other people’s feelings is a sin in my book, and should be against the law to intentionally cause harm. Instead of a person inflicting their pain and suffering onto others who are also suffering, they should consult with a qualified health professional to learn how to deal with their personal complaints. It just isn’t nice, as well as it causes self-distruction.
You sound like the worst friend ever. I have disabling fibro and the stress of years of fighting for insurance and disability benefits, and not making any income wears on a person, it wears on their family, and if you just read the article above, you should have gleaned that people need to get stuff off their chests sometimes in order to let go. That’s why people are applauded for being good listeners. Ironically, my mother and I are estranged because she couldn’t be bothered to hear about my problems, and yet the rest of my family and friends are always ready to be there and listen because it’s something they can do. Sharing your feelings of anger or resentment with someone is a good thing, judging them and calling them selfish? That’s not.
This is a very rude comment. Just because there are those that do not want to hold on to anger and resentment and you do it does not make them a bad friend. Would you rather have a friend complaining to you 24/7 or a friend that is dealing with there resentment and anger in a positive way so that you can enjoy your time together? Some people like to stay in victim mode and not move forward and it makes your health worse. Patricia said nothing wrong and was not rude at all. If you listened to the podcast instead of just going off you might understand more what she is talking about.
There is nothing wrong with talking through a issue but when you HOLD ON to resentment and anger it manifests as a physical illness and it just is not worth it! We all have problems and we all have fibro and we all deal with it in our own ways but there are somethings that can really help symptom management that have to do with doing some maintenance with our emotions and staying mentally fit!.
anger is a normal response , it tells you something is wrong…something that must be expressed whether you like it or not.Intentional no. Its a response to something that upsets you .People do help each other through thier interaction, understanding (when needed) empathy and listening is all you really can do. You dont sound like any friend if this is how you feel, you shouldnt judge others for something you dont understand.
I did seek professional help and learned more about myself than I ever knew . There are several types of anger and how people deal with it is individual . yes Patricia you are right, when your fibro disables you as there are many things that change the way you communicate. Pain does isolate us at times.I think I orriginally misunderstood your message.sorry it was a brain fart, oops i mean fog.
Hi Jen,
Powerful message here!
The feelings we choose to carry manifest ease or dis-ease in our body. We choose these energy-feelings. We can continue to hold on to low energy feelings like anger or resentment, or release them. If you want to invite dis-ease into your body, hold onto resentment. Be bitter, and angry.
If you want to re-introduce ease into your body, forgive. Forgiving removes a steel-like negative bond you formed between you and another person, or event.
Thanks Jen!
Ryan
Hi there Jen,
Thanks heaps, I really needed to hear this one. Really need to focus on forgiveness and move on. Loved your podcast.
Thanks
Mel
Hi Jen, thank you so much for these pod casts. It’s something we need to hear often especially those of us who have poor memories. Keep up the excellent work.
I could not agree more. Anger hurts yourself more than the person it is directed at. It is like wanting to punish someone but drinking poison yourself. With forgiveness comes the freedom from anger, and you make a choice to not waste or spoil even a second of your future based on something bad or hurting that happened in the past.
Take a look at this article about anger and forgiveness at http://bit.ly/anger4give
Bravo, Jen! What a very important message you’ve brought to anyone who is either in good health or dealing with a disease.
My only “gripe,” for lack of a better word (grin), is that to use the term “Chronic Fatigue” is misleading, inaccurate and somewhat insulting. It’s bad enough that people use the term CFS. “Fatigue” is simply a noun while “Chronic” is simply an adjective. It’s a “symptom” of pretty much every chronic or terminal illness out there. And we don’t really feel “fatigued.” I describe the sensation more as that of a debilitating “weakness” like we’re gradually being poisoned… a sickly weakness if you will.
Besides, we don’t call Parkinson’s Disease “Chronic ‘Shakiness’ Syndrome” or Alzheimer’s Disease “Chronic ‘Forgetfulness’ Syndrome” as that would be, again, misleading, inaccurate and probably insulting for the one dealing with the illness.
We receive less “validation” when someone refers to ME (the original name as it was first documented by British physician, Melvin Ramsey) as CFS…or even CFIDS. Oh, and even the WHO calls it Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), not CFS/CFIDS.
The intention of my post is not meant to sound negative at all. I simply wanted to make a point and educate everyone…you know – get people to really start thinking about how words really do make a difference. Words do affect our emotions, too!
I think your podcasts are brilliant, informative and extremely helpful! Thank you for your indefatigable efforts to promote awareness about FM, etc. and how to learn to better cope, treat, etc.all of these devastating and underfunded illnesses.
Keep up the wonderful work!
To better health!
LB
p.s.
Please excuse any typos, but it’s sometimes to difficult to look at my screen when optic/peripheral neuropathy starts to attack one side of my face. At least, I have a “legit” excuse for grammatical errors, etc. Ha! To think I was an English major! lol Hey, gotta laugh at even the most tragic situations…humor is great medicine that doesn’t have any real side effects.
Wow! I did not know that thanks. I had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome badly for many years even bed ridden so I know who it feels. I thought ME and CFIDS are two different things. Thank you for letting me know.
I completely understand the discussion between Patricia, Seriously and Jen. When we are so beaten down by ‘the system’ and have to fight for help, for insurance claims, for money, family problems, and deal with our own pain and fatigue on top of it all, we are constantly in a state of stress and anger. I’ve been through it all. The problem is this, when we are upset and talk about it with those around us…..if there isn’t anything they can do to resolve the crisis, they become tired of listening. If we continue to gripe and complain to those who will listen in an unending cycle of anger, we lose people who are important to us. They give up because they can’t handle it. What Patricia was saying is to find a professional therapist who can help you deal with it and will guide you in ways you can resolve the problem. The goal is to reduce and eliminate the anger and resentment because this is stressful for the body….it is harmful to our body and will heighten the pain and other symptoms. We will be stuck in a perpetual state of pain and anger and pain and anger. The only person who is being harmed in a situation like this is you. Do whatever you can to release the anger and get to the point of forgiveness. It’s the most healing thing you can do for yourself.
with me anger is mot the issue, there is self pity, needing to be alone and pain. there is nobody to blame for my fibro it just is. but there is nobody to help with my fibro either, just me. sometimes I feel like I am 90 and cant do a anything, motivation doesnt work because the pain is all I can think about it takes over my whole person. I am tired of depending on meds every day!