Your heart is racing, your lips pursed and you can barely breathe. The slightest provocation and you feel you’ll explode… or burst into tears. We’ve all been there. Whether it’s too many pressures, how you’ve been treated or something you’ve seen, read or heard, when you feel angry it has a marked effect on your body.
From a neuroscience point of view, anger is triggered by the amygdala, a part of the brain that responds to perceived threat, then releases a range of neurotransmitters and hormones to help you deal with it. As a result, your blood