Don’t Get Mad; How Anger Disrupts Mental Health

HealthyPlace Mental Health Newsletter

Here's what's happening on the HealthyPlace site this week:

• Don't Get Mad; How Anger Disrupts Mental Health
• Controlling Anger: Think Before You Act
• Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
• From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
• Stand Up for Mental Health
• Latest Mental Health News

Don't Get Mad; How Anger Disrupts Mental Health

Anger is a normal human emotion that can disrupt mental health. Anger, part of the fight-or-flight system, can serve a protective function. Feeling angry fuels aggression and motivates us to fight. Stressful situations; perceived embarrassment, humiliation, or bullying; substance use; and some mental illnesses (such as mood disorders, trauma- and stressor induced disorders, and some personality disorders) cause people to experience strong feelings of anger.

Anger, unfortunately, interferes in relationships, school, and employment. It often leads to isolation and loneliness, which can be frustrating and fuel more anger. Additionally, anger disrupts mental health by diminishing the sense of happiness and overall life satisfaction.

Controlling Anger: Think Before You Act

An effective way to prevent anger from interfering in life is to think differently about situations and people that trigger anger (how to control anger). You can't control how others act, but you can control how you react. Determine what's important to you in your relationships, and speak and act to enhance what's important. When your instinct is to lash out in anger, stop for a moment, breathe deeply, call to mind your values, and choose your actions and reactions accordingly. You'll find yourself acting on anger less and preserving what you love, including your mental health, more.

Related Articles Dealing with Anger and Mental Health

• Constructive Tips to Resolve Anger and Conflict
• Anger Management
• Anger Management for Children
• Anger Management Likely to Increase Domestic Abuse

Your Thoughts

Today's Question: What keeps you from lashing out in anger when getting mad feels natural? We invite you to participate by commenting and sharing your feelings, experiences and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page and on the HealthyPlace Google+ page.

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. Maintain Your Social Network for Health and Happiness
2. Leaving An Abusive Relationship: Why Can’t I Just Leave?
3. Schizophrenia and What a Psychotic Episode is Like

If you're not already, I hope you'll join us/like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

• Be a Positive Person in Just One Step
• Viewing Depression as an Experience
• Weighing in on Body Shaming and Its Effect on Mental Health
• Grief and Dissociative Identity Disorder: Symbolic Loss
• How the Government Can Help People With Mental Health Issues
• Teetotalers with a Family History of Alcoholism
• Mental Illness Stigma and Relationships: When to Be Honest
• Don’t Let Negative People Harm Your Confidence
• Coping With Feeling Overwhelmed in PTSD Recovery
• Stress and Mental Illness: Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder
• Different Moods of Anxiety and How to Tame Them
• Borderline Personality Disorder and Abandonment
• 3 Ways Eating Disorders Make Us Feel Invisible
• Self-Stigma Affects Mental Health Advocates Too
• Sobriety: Watching Your Friends Relapse
• Marriage and Mental Illness: Take a Vacation Alone Together

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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Stand Up for Mental Health

Thousands Have Joined the Stand Up for Mental Health Campaign

But we still need you. Let others know there's no shame in having depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, trichotillomania, OCD, ADHD, schizophrenia or any other mental illness.

Join the Stand Up for Mental Health campaign. Put a button on your website or blog (buttons for family members, parents, mental health professionals and organizations too). We also have covers for Facebook, Twitter and Google+.

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Latest Mental Health News

These stories and more are featured on our mental health news page:

• Watching Food Commercials Changes Children's Brain Activity, Influencing Their Food Decisions
• Schizophrenia Symptoms Eased With Aerobic Exercise
• Financial Worries Linked To Mental Health Issues Among University Students
• Activating Dopamine Neurons Could Turn Off Binge-Like Eating Behavior
• Correcting Metabolic Deficiencies May Improve Depression Symptoms
• 'Feeling Full' Hormone Increase In Seniors May Explain 'Anorexia Of Aging'
• Longer Duration Of Untreated Childhood Schizophrenia-Spectrum Psychosis Predicts Poorer Outcomes
• Children Can Benefit When Adoptive, Biological Parents Share Adoption Stories

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