Anger and heart attacks

It all depends on what you class as angry. In my younger days I could have 'The red mist' come down. At one time I 'lost' about an hour of time in a rage.
In this episode I broke my ex h ankle after I had found his latest girlfriend hiding in my house. I have thrown someone down the stairs, for which I'm deeply ashamed.
There have been many more, but I won't bore you. Now, I just hurl abuse at ( some ) politicle leaders and right now, heads of NHS trusts.

janerowena Mine was always angry too
He is still breathing and bullying, but I live in hopes!

I guess there is something enjoyable about anger - very energising. So some people may be slightly addicted to it.

My Ex was always angry. He is now 62 and unfortunately still alive. Oh well, it's early days yet.

My son always try to calm me down when I get angry with him. AND I DO!!!! Grrrrrr!

Grannyknot

I've also got a "moderately road rage husband" in the driver's seat cursing and exclaiming at other drivers, and it is immensely irritating for the passenger (me) - because he seems less inclined to do that when there are others in the car e.g. his new daughter-in-law! Which of course I do point out.

So - I've told him that given that it increases the risk of heart attacks and that he has had one already! - that I think there's a risk that he may have one while driving, so next road trip I'll fly/train it to wherever we are going and see him there (not wanting to miss out on the holiday LOL).

He is so critical of other drivers, that I no longer drive when we're together, as I can sense his silent criticism of my driving.

Otherwise, I quite like having him as a husband!

Jingl - I agree with you. My DH gets SO angry at times, especially when driving. I have often said to him 'is it really worth a heart attack'.

I thought we all knew perfectly well that getting too angry is likely to give you a heart attack. Am I the only one to say to their DH, "Calm down for goodness sake. You'll give yourself a heart attack" (mostly when driving )?

This seems to be the most pointless piece of research anyone has done for a long time.

A good point petallus ...I suppose it also depends on the degree of anger you feel and how long you hang on to it?

I wonder which is the most dangerous, anger that is expressed or anger that is bottled up.