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How does chronic anger affect my brain?
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Negatively: Anger is stress and being stressed releases stress hormone called cortisol. While short exposure, helps by giving a short burst of energy, prolong exposure leads to various physiological changes. There are various studies, that linked chronic anger to cardiac problems and neuron shrinkage. Learning anger-triggers, relaxation, taking care of self, will help you manage the effects of anger.
Answered 8/19/2012
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