Anger

“Laughter is the best medicine” is a well-known phrase. Laughter can improve mood and treatment outcomes, but what about anger?

According to Samantha Reddy, too much anger harms your health. I have heard coaches tell their players, “Get angry!” Does it help win the game or merely increase stress?

Research shows that getting mad is a normal response, but staying mad can cause problems. The secret to non-harmful anger is learning to express it in healthier ways. Anger causes harm to our cognitive functioning. When you get angry, the body’s sympathetic nervous system enters the “fight or flight”...