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Learn how to control anger. Discover yoga and pranayama techniques to manage anger. Read this article to start your journey to inner peace now!


Remember the last time you were angry. Do you easily get angry by trivial things happening to you or around you? Do you forget how to control your anger when someone overtakes you or is driving very slowly? Do you think the situation or person called for it? 


Why do we get angry?

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says there are three causes for anger.

  1. Feeling of righteousness - The feeling of ‘I am right’ is the root cause of anger. If you think you are not right, you cannot get angry. If two people are angry at each other, they both feel they are right. If you talk to them individually, you may find that they are right in their own way. Righteousness is a perception, a concept, which can be subjective.
  2. Unfulfilled desire - When you have a deep desire and it doesn’t get fulfilled, you get frustrated and that frustration raises anger.
  3. Being Tired - When you are physically and mentally tired, and worn out, and have not relieved the stresses you have been carrying, then also you get angry.


Why you should control your anger

Anger triggers the basic flight-or-fight response in a human being. Your heart rate, breathing rate and blood pressure increase. You start hyperventilating and lose the sense of what is right or wrong. When anger is ‘recurrent and unmanaged’, metabolic changes are set in motion that inevitably affect not just your health but also your overall quality of life. 


Remember the last time you were angry. Do you easily get angry by trivial things happening to you or around you? Do you forget how to control your anger when someone overtakes you or is driving very slowly? Do you think the situation or person called for it? 

Imagine this: Your boss calls you into his cabin first thing in the morning! You go inside thinking you’re about to be fired, but instead, he tells you that he’s giving you a promotion. Next thing you know, you catch a glimpse of that one person around whom you forget how to control anger. Will you really pay heed to him in that moment of excitement? No, right? So why do we get angry during other moments? Is it healthy? What are the disadvantages of anger?

Keep reading to answer your questions and learn some tips for anger management.

Why do we get angry?

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says there are three causes for anger.

  1. Feeling of righteousness - The feeling of ‘I am right’ is the root cause of anger. If you think you are not right, you cannot get angry. If two people are angry at each other, they both feel they are right. If you talk to them individually, you may find that they are right in their own way. Righteousness is a perception, a concept, which can be subjective.
  2. Unfulfilled desire - When you have a deep desire and it doesn’t get fulfilled, you get frustrated and that frustration raises anger.
  3. Being Tired - When you are physically and mentally tired, and worn out, and have not relieved the stresses you have been carrying, then also you get angry.

Is anger healthy? 

One of the most common disadvantages of anger is that most people think of anger as a negative emotion, especially when compared to pleasure, happiness, excitement, etc. Getting angry is normal.

Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says, “Anger is not bad. If it stays only for a few seconds, it is okay. Anger can be used as a tool to get your work done. Sometimes kids don’t listen to you when you tell them nicely, and when you show some anger, they listen. You are able to bring discipline. But if anger starts eating your own mind, your own energy, it will be disastrous for you. Anger is like fire which can give you warmth and can burn you too”

 Most of us have failed to control our anger at one moment or the other. However, how you react is what matters when you forget how to control anger. When it spirals out of control and becomes destructive, it will cause difficulties like conflicts at work and personal relationships, affecting your overall standard of living, etc. 

Getting angry can be due to various reasons that are out of your control. The one thing that you don’t have control over during an outburst is your state of mind.


Why you should control your anger

Anger triggers the basic flight-or-fight response in a human being. Your heart rate, breathing rate and blood pressure increase. You start hyperventilating and lose the sense of what is right or wrong. When anger is ‘recurrent and unmanaged’, metabolic changes are set in motion that inevitably affect not just your health but also your overall quality of life. 

Here are some of the disadvantages of anger when left unmanaged: 

  • Heart disease
  • Stroke
  • Weak immunity
  • Skin problems
  • Insomnia
  • High blood pressure
  • Digestive problems
  • Anxiety and depression
  • Migraines
  • Negative emotions
  • Complications in pre-existing health conditions
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