Do You Know Why Some People Are Angrier Than Others?

Anger is a common emotion that varies in intensity from mild irritation to intense rage. Anger generally is accompanied by physiological and biological changes; like when one gets angry, their heart rate and blood pressure go up, as do the levels of their adrenaline and noradrenaline hormones.

Anger can be caused by both external and internal events. One can get angry at a specific person or outcome (failure) or sn event (a traffic jam), or one can get angry by worrying or brooding about ones personal problems. Memories of traumatic or enraging events can also trigger angry feelings.

Everyone gets angry but have you ever wondered why some people have higher anger level than others? We generally term such people as hot-headed as they get angry more easily and more intensely than the average person does. There are also those who don't express their anger but are chronically irritable and grumpy. Easily angered people don't always curse and throw things; sometimes they withdraw socially, sulk, or get physically ill.

People who are easily angered generally have what some psychologists call a low tolerance for frustration, meaning simply that they feel that they should not have been subjected to frustration, inconvenience, or annoyance. They can't take things in their stride, and they're particularly infuriated if the situation seems somehow unjust: for example, being corrected for a minor mistake.

So why some people have higher anger level that sometimes even destroy their personal, professional and marital life? According to Counsellor Shivani Misri Sadhoo, there are number of factors causes high anger level amongst certain people, some of them are:-

1.       Genetic or physiological: There is evidence that some children are born irritable, touchy, and easily angered, and that these signs are present from a very early age.

2.       Sociocultural. From childhood, most of us are just been told that anger is bad and we should not act from our anger but rarely we are been told that like any other emotion anger is also natural, anybody can get angry but the key is to learn how to handle it or channelize it constructively.

3.       Family background: Research has also found that family background plays a role. Typically, people who are easily angered come from families that are disruptive, chaotic, and not skilled at having emotional communications.

4.       Age & Health issues: Sometimes anger results due to biological changes in the body like adolescence, menopause and periods. Similarly, health issues like high blood pressure can cause a person to react more intensely than he normally does.