Anger Can Lead To Inflammation & Sickness Later On In Life (Video)
by N.Morgan Research has discovered that what we think has a direct impact on how we feel. If we’re thinking about all the negative things that happened in our day, for example, there’s a good chance we’ll start to feel physically tense. How can these negative thoughts and feelings affect our overall health over time? A new study led by the American Psychological Association found that anger was more detrimental than sadness when it comes to increased inflammation and the risk of chronic illness in older people. To find this, the researchers studied a group of adults ages 59 to 93 and recorded their frequency of feelings of anger and sadness, asked whether or not they had chronic illnesses, and tested their levels of inflammation. “We found that experiencing anger daily was related to higher levels of inflammation and chronic illness for people 80 years old and older, but not for younger seniors,” said study co-author Carsten Wrosch, Ph.D., of Concordia Uni...