why do people get angry?

Answer 1

Nature has developed the emotional state we call "anger" to help us stay alive. Anger sends signals to all parts of our body to help us fight or flee. It energises us to prepare us for action. Many years ago we were threatened by wild animals who wanted to eat us. Now we more often feel threatened by other human beings, either psychologically or physically.

Anger is an intense emotion. It is evidence that we feel strongly about something. As with every emotion, it has a lesson for us. It can teach us what we value, what we need, what we lack, what we believe and what our insecurities are. It can help us become more aware of what we feel strongly about and which emotional needs are important to us.

Answer 2

Anger is a normal and healthy emotion experienced by everyone at some time. There are many different reasons as to why people get angry. You may have been treated unfairly, feel you have no control over things, be stressed or under a lot of pressure, experiencing body changes which cause major mood swings, be depressed or just have a personality that has a short fuse. All can lead to anger, which is okay as long as it does not lead to violence.

As far as what part of the brain the anger comes from, which is what I think you are asking... catecholamines are neurotransmitters which drive anger and give a surge of energy

Answer 3

To me Anger is,,When a person don't get there way, or see,s something in you, they wish they had,or something you are, they wish they was, or doesn't love themselves,or they don't understand that they are not always right & everyone has there opinion,Anger within themselfs. Anger can be all the above in that person and can be expressed many different way,s. To me why waste all that energy being Angry, when you can use that energy being positive and happy. Peace.

Answer 4

Emotions more or less begin inside two almond-shaped structures in our brains which are called the amygdala. The amygdala is the part of the brain responsible for identifying threats to our well-being, and for sending out an alarm when threats are identified that results in us taking steps to protect ourselves. The amygdala is so efficient at warning us about threats, that it gets us reacting before the cortex (the part of the brain responsible for thought and judgment) is able to check on the reasonableness of our reaction. In other words, our brains are wired in such a way as to influence us to act before we can properly consider the consequences of our actions. This is not an excuse for behaving badly - people can and do control their aggressive impulses and you can too with some practice. Instead, it means that learning to manage anger properly is a skill that has to be learned, instead of something we are born knowing how to do instinctually.
See phisiology of anger and how to deal with it in
http://mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=5805&cn=116

Answer 5

They do not agree with the action that has just happened and then become angry and upset because they cannot change it. It is a natural reaction, but if it gets out of hand, it can hurt oneself and others.

Answer 6

Because we allow ourselves to get bothered by something that just occured and we are unable to control how we feel.

Often, anger is really a sign of frustration or fear turned into an easier emotion to tolerate - which is anger.

Answer 7

when anything that you believe in is threatened or challenged is when a person will get angry because it challenges their very being.

thanks,

SS

Answer 8

I know in my case it happens when the level of other peoples stupidity reaches critical mass.

Answer 9

everyone has an opinion of how things should be. when someone makes a perceived wrong decision, the person they disagree with gets angry.

that simple...

Answer 10

Something goes against their idea of right to an excessive degree.