chronic anger

The Silent Damage: Anger and Your Immune System

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Got rage? Your immune system wishes you didn’t. Here’s how unresolved anger makes you sick—literally.

Chronic anger weakens the immune system, making you more susceptible to illness. A study from Carnegie Mellon University found that high levels of anger and hostility were associated with decreased immune response and slower wound healing (Kiecolt-Glaser et al., 2002). The stress response from anger suppresses the production of protective antibodies and immune cells.

Gratitude journaling may seem like a soft response to rage, but it’s a scientifically validated way to reduce anger and boost immunity. Writing down 3 things you’re grateful for daily can reduce inflammatory markers and shift your focus from threat to appreciation.

Today’s Health Tip ~ How Anger Affects Our Health

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Don’t Let Anger Control You

Are you easily angered, often upset or frequently consumed by fury – over who knows what?  . . . Are you easily angered, often upset or frequently consumed by fury – over who knows what? Of course your blood isn’t literally boiling, but chronic anger could have a damaging impact on not only your relationships and personal life, but also your overall well-being. . . .The list of ways chronic anger can affect a person’s well-being – and even put the health of others in peril – is long, John Schinnerer, an anger management coach, says. “It’s been linked to obesity, low self-esteem, migraines, drug and alcohol addiction, depression, sexual performance problems, increased heart attack risk, lower-quality relationships, higher probability of abusing others emotionally or physically or both … higher blood pressure and stroke,” he notes. Chronic anger also leads to increased anxiety, insomnia, mental or brain fog and fatigue, Thaik says. And it can reduce the immune system’s ability to fend off threats, leading to an increased risk of infection, and even possibly cancer, she adds.

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