7 Unexpected Ways Anger Is Damaging Your Health

#1 – Shortens your life

© Reader’s Digest

We often hear “happy people live longer”, but is this statement true? A study by the University of Michigan found that couples who suppress their anger have a shorter lifespan than couples who open up and express their anger. It is tightly linked to our physical state, and if it was not controlled or managed, then you are shortening your lifespan.

If you are not comfortable showing your negative emotions, then you can work on your anger with a therapist, or you can join a support group or work on expressing yourself alone. A professor of psychiatry and psychology advises to understand and identify what triggers our anger, then figure out a way to positively change the response.