It's 9 a.m. and your to-do list is a mile long. Before you tackle it, your partner criticizes you, and your teen greets you with an eye roll. Meanwhile, you see a news clip about war or politics that ...
If you’re one of the many citizens whose blood is boiling over what’s happening in the United States right now, you might be wondering what to do with all this red-hot rage. You’ve probably heard that ...
We all want the same thing: to feel valued by someone else. This ancient survival truth has an enormous influence on everything we do. When we feel valued, we feel safer. Respect leads to value. Value ...
The University of Maryland conduced research on computer rage and found that 20% of respondents admitted dropping a computer on the floor out of anger. We think the more accurate verb would be ...
Sudden bursts of anger often feel random, disproportionate, or disconnected from the situation at hand, but they rarely appear without a cause. In reality, these emotional spikes are the result of ...
When you think about uncontrolled anger, you might think of raised voices, slammed doors, or holes punched in walls. But it's more about deep insecurities, needs that have been ignored, and emotional ...
Women have always been angry — after all, we're underpaid, overworked both at home and in the workplace, thwarted from reaching our potential and constantly diminished. But female rage is suddenly all ...
The next time you're filled with rage over an ex that did you dirty or a coworker that grinds your gears, you may want to rethink your go-to method for blowing off steam, if it involves a high-energy ...
This article is part of All the Rage, an editorial package that digs into the science of anger. SELF will be publishing new articles for this series all week. Read more here. It’s easy to assume that ...