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by Michelle Hancock
Not a day goes by that the word “cancer” doesn’t scare thousands of Canadians. Like a dreaded scourge, it hovers over us, presumably just waiting to claim its next victim.
But according to scientists in the growing field of mind/body medicine, the disease is not as much an external force as you might believe. Fear and anxiety–our thoughts and feelings–can impact our health just as much as a long list of cancer risk factors. “Psychoneuroimmunology”’ is the scientific term to describe the study of the mind/body connection. Carl Simonton, MD, is an oncologist who pioneered research in this discipline as early as the 1970s. His book, Getting Well Again (Bantam, 1978), shows how “an individual’s reaction to stress and other emotional factors can contribute to the onset and progress of cancer [while] positive expectations, self-awareness and self-care can ontribute to survival.”
by Richard Calderwood
I was asked recently why it was that, outwardly anyway, I usually appeared relaxed and controlled, whatever the situation. I wasn’t sure whether that was a compliment or a frustrated complaint, and shrugged it off with an aside that I can’t remember.
Those of you who knew the ‘younger’ me will remember that I was, and still can be, a real hothead when someone or something really riles me or crosses my intentions. And indeed my eldest son (now aged 30 plus) probably had a quicker temper than myself as a young man.
But that was long ago, fortunately. Even my son, thankfully, has mellowed beyond belief.
That initial remark, however, got me thinking – why do we, as individuals, react the way we do to different situations – and what makes some of us change or ‘mellow’, whilst others remain intolerant and grumpy.
- Have to accept my own limitations (as the woman at dancing said – perhaps I expect a lot of myself)
- Can’t decide what to do about dancing
- Releasing anger is good, although slightly crazy
- Circadian rhythm experiment still going ok
- Mon: sleep 22:15
- Tue: wake 6.27, sleep 12:00 ish? 11:45?
- Wed: wake 6.27, sleep 22.30
- Hope for an early night Thursday
From “Positive Energy,” by Judith Orloff, M.D.:
Anger, an intense sense of displeasure and antagonism, comes from the Latin angere, “to strangle.” We get angry at those who’ve harmed us, aggravated us, or let us down. We get angry at ourselves. At God. Growing up, I was angry about being stuck on Earth; I felt like an alien, just longed to go “home.” Sometimes anger becomes a mask for fear or hurt; it also leads to resentments, which I’ll discuss later. Anger is human, we all have it. In this program you’ll learn to identify it and healthily release it, then keep moving on. Anger is a toxic subtle energy. Seething in your system, it can eat you alive, or else dangerously erupt. Keep in mind: Those painfully polite churchgoing housewives turned ax murderers snapped from repressing anger, not from consciously expressing it.
Make changes now to disfuse anger that throws you off by following the 48-hour rule …
