This post is in response to Anger Problems: A Smokescreen for Fear-Shame Phobia By Steven Stosny, Ph.D. Since fellow PT blogger Dr. Steven Stosny and I both share similar concerns with the increasing ...

Instead, you should reduce that arousal level. Often, people assume it’s a good idea to go running or work out when they’re angry, but just like yelling, that would heighten arousal. Bushman suggests ...

Venting when angry seems sensible. Conventional wisdom suggests that expressing anger can help us quell it, like releasing steam from a pressure cooker. But this common metaphor is misleading, ...

Anger provides a way to temporarily numb or avoid pain, which is why, when you bang your thumb hanging a picture, you don't pray. It’s a survival-based function of anger—if you’re being attacked by a ...