Anger is detrimental to the heart. Researchers have shown that the way anger affects vascular health sets it apart from other frequent unpleasant emotions like sadness or anxiety. Extended episodes of rage may also raise your chance of heart disease in the long run, even though the immediate consequences could be temporary.
The results provide additional insight into the intricate connection between physical and mental health and were published this week in the Journal of the American Heart Association. “We discovered that the only emotion that had a negative effect on vascular health was anger, not the other emotions we looked at. Thus, there is a component of rage that I refer to as “cardiotoxic.” Thus, it could explain why anger is linked to a higher risk of heart disease, according to Daichi Shimbo, MD, the study’s first author and a cardiologist who teaches medicine in the department of medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s division of cardiology.
Your body’s health can be impacted by your mental condition. Researchers discovered in a recent study that, in contrast to other negative emotions like sadness and worry, rage had a detrimental impact on vascular health. Anger seems to be particularly “cardiotoxic,” or detrimental to the heart. The findings shed new light on the relationship between emotional, physical, and neurological health.