Chronic (continuous and long standing) anger damages your physical as well as mental healh

It is easy to see that anger can degenerate into hatred. There is no satisfactory explanation of the difference between anger and hatred. Hatred is depicted as an intense, long lasting and overwhelming anger. Some researchers maintain that anger does not last as long as hatred, but chronic anger lasts for a lifetime and may never degenerate into hatred. Neurobiologists have discovered that part of the hate neuro-circuit is connected to aggression and the desire to destroy. This is clearly an unwanted and dangerous trait, and applies as much to women as to men, although aggression by males is generally more lethal. Psychologists tend to differentiate between anger and aggression. Some argue that aggression is a behaviour in response to anger. Research shows that anger is only followed by aggression about ten percent of the time. It is probably more true to say that being really angry brings on thoughts of aggression and violence, but that these thoughts are not generally followed through. One of the similarities between toxic anger and aggression is that they exclude empathy, which has been stifled at a very young age through neglect.
Not all aggression is direct (striking or attacking another person). Indirect aggression might include damaging a person’s property. This would, for example, include breaking the windows of someone’s house, stealing property in retaliation for some slight or insult, or perhaps, stealing and deliberately crashing someone’s car. There are many examples of indirect aggression, which should also be distinguished from verbal anger.
Extract from Understanding and Healing the Hurts of Childhood. Publication 2018
THERAPISTS IN TIPPERARY
PSYCHOTHERAPISTS IN TIPPERARY
COUNSELLING TIPPERARY
DEATH OF A CHILD
ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
FEAR
ANGER
JEALOUSY
CHILDHOOD DISTRESS