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Asked by: Melchor Battgen
medical health mental healthHow often does the average person get angry?
Some people are very aware of their anger,whileothers fail to recognize anger when it occurs. Someexpertssuggest that the average adult gets angryabout oncea day and annoyed or peeved about three times aday.
Considering this, what percent of people have anger issues?
Almost 9 percent of American adults —orabout 22 million people — have a historyofimpulsive angry behavior and have easy access toatleast one gun, according to a study published last week inthejournal Behavioral Sciences & the Law.
Considering this, why do I get so mad so easily?
In other cases, an anger problem may be caused byearlytrauma or events in a person's life that have shapedtheirpersonality. In some cases, hormonal changes can also causeanger,as can certain mental disorders.
Here are seven easy ways to stop feeling angry.
- Exercise. Anger is - at base - an energy that expressesitselfin and through the body.
- Use your anger as motivation to make a change.
- Watch or listen to something funny.
- Shift your focus.
- Meditate.
- Do something -- anything!
- Write it out.