When the sisters were angry, did they ever experience being dizzy and dizzy, or even top-heavy and unstable?
Why do you get dizzy when you're angry? How to alleviate it to be effective?
You must know these things about anger!
When we start to get angry, the sympathetic nervous system will suddenly get excited, promoting the secretion of catecholamines (catecholamines include the substances we are familiar with, such as epinephrine and dopamine, which are a neurochemical).
At this time, the amount of blood excreted from the heart increases, and the contraction of blood vessels increases, which will cause blood pressure to continue to rise, so that we begin to have dizziness and top-heavy feeling of "blood gushing to the head" or even "angry hair rushing to the crown" [1].
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The excitement of the sympathetic nervous system when we are angry also stimulates us to speed up our breathing rate.
Normally, we breathe 16-20 breaths per minute, but when we're angry, we even breathe more than 30 breaths per minute.
Breathing too fast and too deep can cause us to exhale excess carbon dioxide, leading to hyperventilation syndrome, which can cause difficulty breathing, dizziness, and even fainting [2].
So people will really be "dizzy".
We always say that anger is bad for the body, but we can't say what is bad for one, two or three.
Today, Zhimei told you that being always angry will not only make people "stupid", but also hurt our hearts and blood vessels.
Seeing the harm of these angers, Zhimei no longer dares to be angry with Brother Dian (Zhimei's boyfriend Tencent Medical Code):
1. When angry, the brain tends to turn slowly
Experimental studies have shown [3] that under positive emotions, the brain's processing speed becomes faster, the processing content increases, and the creative ability is enhanced.
Positive emotions are like a lubricant to the brain, making the brain spin fast.
Under negative emotional conditions, the brain is like a machine that lacks lubricant, and the friction increases and the speed becomes slower when running.
Therefore, when we are angry, we often get angry, get into the tip of the bull's horn and can't get out, and make irrational decisions.
Think about whether you have ever had an experience after a fight before regretting that you did not play well?
2. Damage to the heart and blood vessels
Emotion-related mental stress can cause hyperexcitation of the sympathetic nervous system to cause heart and blood vessel damage, such as inducing myocardial ischemia, arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, and may also lead to stress cardiomyopathy.
3. It is easy to get high blood pressure
Momentary anger makes us "hot blood", blood pressure rises, and continuous, frequent anger makes it easier for us to be found by real hypertension.
Negative emotions such as anger are predisposing factors for hypertension, and the higher the level of mental stress in women, the higher the risk of hypertension [4,7].
People with underlying diseases such as heart disease and hypertension cannot be angry, and it is easy to have stroke or myocardial infarction when they are emotionally excited.
Sisters who have these basic diseases, or who have someone around them who have these basic diseases, should pay attention to these situations after getting angry, and must go to the emergency department in time:
Suddenly falling unconscious after getting angry, or even having a seizure, or numbness in one limb after getting angry, unstable holding, shaking walking, unclear speech, difficulty swallowing, nausea and vomiting, considering stroke, need to seek medical treatment in time.
Chest tightness, unexplained chest pain with radiating pain in the left shoulder and back, angina considered with shortness of breath, sweating, nausea and vomiting, immediate medical attention. Even if the pain is relieved, you must seek medical attention.
Severe chest pain, epigastric pain, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, lasting >15 minutes, suspected myocardial infarction.
1. Rest
When you are dizzy, find a comfortable place to sit or lie down, and try to avoid jerking up.
2. Take a deep breath
In a state of anger, we inevitably think about the things that make us angry, and the more we think about it, the more angry we become.
At this time, a good way to stop "drilling the tip of the bull's horn" is to concentrate on breathing, follow the rhythm of "two seconds and one exhale, two seconds and one inhale", slow down the breathing rate, and slowly calm the mood.
3. Divert your attention
Listen to music
Listening to relaxing music when you are angry can relieve the mental state of tension.
Studies have found that after 25 minutes of listening to relaxing music (such as "Fishing Boat Singing Night" and other ethnic songs), systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and pulse rate in patients with primary hypertension have decreased [5].
Think about the happiest things lately, such as what delicious food you bought and what beautiful scenery you have seen.
Doing something that might make you feel good, such as playing with kittens and puppies for a while, or going outside for a walk, breathing out, and seeing the blue sky and white clouds can also help us soothe our mood.
4. Look at the problem from another angle
American psychologist Ellis has proposed rational emotion therapy [6], the core of which is the emotional ABC theory.
A stands for induced event
B stands for Views on events
C stands for our emotions
Triggering event A is only the indirect cause of the emotion, and our understanding, perception, and belief in this event are the more direct causes of emotion C.
To give a simple example:
Zhi Mei temporarily worked overtime because of Dian Ge (Zhi Mei's boyfriend Tencent Medical Code);
Can't go out on a date with Zhimei (A), and feel very angry (B), that is, angry because of the temporary appointment of the brother;
But think about it, the brother works overtime to write popular science for everyone, and two people eat at home, which can also be very warm and romantic;
When you go out next time, you can also let the brother invite guests to eat more expensive, and you will no longer be angry.
So, when we are angry, we can think about where the point of our anger is, and why are we so angry?
Then look at these problems from another angle, and see what kind of way you originally looked at the problems that were unreasonable.
When you change the irrational way of cognition, you will change the anger that may have been generated.
5. Talk
When angry, it is also a good idea to talk to friends or complain.
Because in the process of expressing feelings in words, it is also the combing and "release" of emotions, and we can also untie the knot under the guidance of friends.
The next time you are angry, the above methods, the sisters can use up, really can not control, the heart can silently recite 10 times:
"No one will do it for you when you get sick"!
If you have a better way, remember to go to the message area to share it!
Reviewer
Xu Xinna | Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Cardiology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital
Lin Weicheng | Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Psychiatry, Brain Hospital Affiliated to Guangzhou Medical University
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