When everyone is angry, have you ever felt such a feeling:
There was a fire in his chest, he couldn't make it out, and he couldn't swallow it.
So I held it into an internal wound, and I held it until my heart was congested...
In the end, why is it that when you are angry, you can't breathe, and is old anger really harmful to the body?
1. Chest tightness
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Chest tightness when angry may be transient myocardial ischemia.
The sympathetic nervous system is overexcited when angry, which promotes the secretion of catecholamines in large quantities.
Catecholamines, which include the well-known adrenaline, dopamine, and other substances, are a neurochemical.
Its large amount of secretion can lead to increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, increased oxygen consumption of the myocardium, and impaired coronary microvascular circulation, resulting in transient myocardial ischemia.
After the temporary discomfort has passed, cardiac function can quickly return to normal [1,2].
Occasionally, some people also have a flash of tingling, in the absence of a history of heart disease, this stinging pain does not have to worry too much, with discomfort and more relaxed mood to alleviate.
2. Difficulty breathing
Many people have experienced agitation, crying, and wheezing heavily when arguing, and their whole body trembles.
This is because we breathe about 15 times a minute when we are emotionally stable, and the sympathetic excitement when we are angry stimulates us to breathe more than 30 times per minute.
Breathing too deeply and too quickly allows large amounts of carbon dioxide to be exhaled out of the body, resulting in hyperventilation syndrome, difficulty breathing, numbness and even trembling of the hands, feet, lips, dizziness, chest tightness, palpitations, and even fainting [3].
In addition, sympathetic excitement when angry will also cause the gastrointestinal blood vessels to constrict, weaken peristalsis, and weaken gastric juice secretion, so some people can't eat when they are angry. In the long run, it will also cause gastrointestinal disorders, stomach ulcers and other diseases.
Rising blood pressure when angry or emotionally agitated can also lead to dizziness and headaches, increasing the risk of stroke.
I believe that many girls have experienced menstrual irregularities when the mental stimulation is intense. Mood swings do affect the endocrine system, leading to menstrual and breast problems.
1. Take a deep breath
Pull your mind back from the things that make you angry, focus on breathing, and slow down your breathing rate in the rhythm of "two seconds one exhale, two seconds one inhale".
At the same time, imagine other happy, relaxed things, such as blue skies, white clouds, your kittens, etc. to distract your attention.
If the lips are tingling, muscle tremors are severe, or even dizzy, blurred vision, a paper bag can be used to cover the mouth and nose, which can inhale the exhaled gas, maintain plasma carbon dioxide concentrations, and improve hyperventilation syndrome [4].
2. Vent the "breath" in your chest
Choose chest expansion, yoga, stretching, running and other forms of exercise you like to vent.
Dopamine, the "pleasure factor" produced during exercise, can make you feel comfortable physically and mentally.
Talking: Talking can be a good way to vent bad emotions, talk to trusted relatives and friends, and comb emotions in a written way is a good way.
3. Address the root causes of anger
When you realize you're angry, try asking a few questions: When did I start getting angry? What makes me angry?
For example, when you have a conflict with a friend, the reason for getting angry is that the other party did not reply to the message in time and did not comfort you in time when you were bored.
It makes you feel like your friend isn't paying attention to your emotions. The root cause is that one's emotional needs are not being met, so one is angry.
You can wait until the mood is stable to communicate with friends reasonably and express your feelings and demands. I hope that there will be more attention and exchanges between the two.
But at the same time, we must understand that the attention, understanding and love we need can actually be given by ourselves, at least we must become the person who loves us the most.
After getting emotional, these phenomena should immediately dial 120:
Chest tightness, unexplained radiation pain in the left shoulder and back, accompanied by shortness of breath, heavy sweating, nausea and vomiting, consider angina, 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.
There is also a long-term mental stimulation, shortness of breath that occurs under pressure, and it is also necessary to seek medical attention:
Frequent palpitations, chest tightness, chest pain, poor breathing, and even when there is no emotional stimulation can occur suddenly.
If the examination confirms that there is no organic lesion, it may be cardiac neurosis, which is more common in women aged 20 to 50 years and needs to go to a psychologist.
It is inevitable to be angry in life, and what we have to do is not "mo angry", but to unravel it in the right way when we have anger, rather than holding it in our hearts and holding out our illness.
Reviewer
Liu Qiang | Deputy Chief Physician of the Department of Psychiatry, Shanghai Mental Health Center
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