7 Easy Ways To Stop Feeling Angry Right Now

We've all been there... You're late and stuck in stop-and-go traffic with no way out. Your boss dumped another pile of work on you just before for the weekend, and it has to be done by Monday. Your day-at-the-beach plans got canceled by Mother Nature's thunderstorms. You open the news and read of horrors. We've all felt anger before. And while the emotion is useful during potentially dangerous situations, as it pumps your body with adrenaline and prepares you for fight or flight, most situations today where anger arises are not life-threatening. And in most cases, therefore, our emotional anger causes more harm than good. The positive news is that you can learn to control and alleviate your anger when it arises Here are seven easy ways to stop feeling angry. 1. Exercise Anger is - at base - an energy that expresses itself in and through the body. When you're angry, your muscles tense up and you get ready for fight or flight. An easy way to release this tension causing energy is through exercise. So the next time you're feeling angry, hit the gym, go for a run, put on your boxing gloves and punch the body bag, get your body moving. If you don't have time for the gym, drop down and do as many pushups as you can and follow it with 50 jumping jacks. Anything that will get your body moving will help to alleviate the physical tension caused by your anger and help you feel better. As an extra bonus, exercise releases happy hormones in your brain, sometime...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news