When an individual experiences excessive anger, worry and the stress caused by hatred, his or her adrenaline level rises, blood pressure may increase, and a heavier load is place on the heart and circulatory system. The risk of heart disease- especially heart attack-increased for those who live in attitudes of anger. These individuals experience twice the risk of heart disease as compared to everyone else.
In addition, when a person is upset or angry while eating, these negative emotions stimulate the sympathetic nervous system, which in turn causes decreased secretion of HCL (hydrochloric acid). This causes decreased secretion of important digestive enzymes, which makes it harder to digest the food. This may lead to bloating, gas and other digestive problems.
Anger is a strong emotion of irritation or ignition that occurs when a need or expectation is not met. Anger is the fuel for what the Bible describes as a “hot tempered” or “quick tempered” person.
Anger, like heat, has many degrees. It ranges from mild, controlled irritations to hot, uncontrolled explosions. In fact anger is a wide umbrella word that covers many levels of the emotion.
- Indignation is simmering anger provoked by something seeming unjust
- Wrath is burning anger accompanied by a desire to avenge
- Fury is a fiery anger so fierce that is destroys common sense. The word fury suggests a pwoerful force compelled to harm and destroy.
- Rage is blazing anger resulting in loss of self control often to the extreme of violence and temporary insanity. This is where we often hear the cry of remorse, “I can’t believe I did that!”
In fact anger release a hormone called adrenaline which is such a powerful hormone, that it creates as a high more intense than morphine!
You Need a Plan of Action. You Need to Learn to Reel it In.
So what should be your plan of action at the first sign of anger or bitterness?
1. Admit and own up to the problem. Don’t repress your anger, but don’t let it explode either. You can’t play the blame game. You will never conquer what you can’t confront and you will stay on the rollercoaster. (see James 1:14)
2. Go to the other person involved and deal with it- no matter who is at fault. You will feel a wave of freedom sweep over you as you forgive- regardless of how the other person responds in turn The temptation to give into evil comes from us and only us we have no one else to blame but the leering, seducing flare up or our own lust. (Remember being angry at someone may make you feel good. We like it when we feel charged up and in control, but it does have consequences for ourr health. It does absolutely nothing to the other person.)
3. When you feel like getting Angy, just look it in the “eye” and remind it that “Greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world.” Walk away from it if you can, or best of all instead of getting angry just LAUGH! Yea, crazy as it sounds laughter is the best medicine. Because when you laugh, your body releases powerful chemicals called endorphins, which act much the same way as morphine, to trigger a feeling of well being throughout your entire body!
