Boiling Up With Anger

Are we bad for getting mad?


Psychologists say it’s normal to get angry. We all do it—and we need to feel anger. It’s a basic human emotion, they say. More and more, though, we see people losing their cool in public.

Psychologists and other experts disagree on whether people really are angrier or just have fewer inhibitions about acting out in public. Some say narcissism and feelings of entitlement, which are reportedly on the rise, make people upset when they don’t get what they want. And the culture of open expression suggests that explosive behavior is becoming routine.

Charles Spielberger, a psychologist known for developing a widely used system to measure people’s anger, says anger is “built into us” and has helped humans survive.

“It’s at the extremes of anger that it becomes pathological and characteristic of some psychiatric disorders,” he says.

“It’s at the extremes of anger that it becomes pathological and characteristic of some psychiatric disorders,” he says.


My opinion:

I don't think having anger is a great thing. I really think we need to keep a nice temper, then people would like to get along with us.
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