Think over the issue again to determine if you have become angry in haste. Try to study yourself and see if you are angry because you are tired or hungry and not because the other person is at fault.
Start doing something different or think something else. This will divert your mind and your anger will wear off after some time.
Drink a glass of cold water, or take a cold shower. Sometimes, we get angry because of the uncomfortable environment around us – too high humidity or temperature, thirst or hunger. These factors make us irritable. Therefore, try to make yourself more comfortable by quenching your thirst etc., and you will feel better.
Go to an empty room and sit alone for some time. Getting away from the scene that caused you anger can be beneficial. In solitude, you can just vent your anger at yourself, instead of directing it towards others.
Take some rest. Eat something.
If the anger is towards a person, then think of the times when he has done good things to you. Use these more pleasant memories to forgive that person.
When vicious and evil people make us angry, practice indifference towards them. Just ignore them.
Abraham Lincoln suggested a very practical way of controlling one’s anger. He said that whenever we get angry, we should write down in a letter why and on what we got angry. But we should not mail that letter. Instead, when the mind gets calm, read that letter and reflect whether it was OK to have got angry, and whether the person to whom the anger was directed has any positive qualities. Reflect whether that person committed the mistake that made you angry out of any genuine reason. You will realize that in most cases, your anger was not justified, and would have been an impulsive act that you could have taken without looking at the situation from all angles.
The harmful effects of Anger on our body is summarized as follows:
Disturbs digestive processes leading to problems like constipation or diarrhea. The stomach lining also produces more acid, causing heart burn.
Increases blood pressure and raises heart rate.
Causes mental fatigue because nerves and mind become over-loaded.
Breathing becomes faster and shallow because the lungs are not able to inhale and exhale to their maximum capacity.
The adrenal gland secretes excessive adrenaline hormone. Chronic anger causes the glad to become hyperactive continuously and this makes our long-term behavior rash, irritable and hyper.
Due to improper breathing and blood circulation, different parts of the body get starved of oxygen resulting in symptoms like dark circles below eyes, blue lips etc.
Increased phlegm.
Difficulties of sleeping.
Increase in blood sugar content, hastening the onset of diabetes.
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