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Markham Heid

May 28, 2020

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Misplaced Anger: Why You Have It, What to Do About It

The phenomenon of ‘displaced aggression’ helps explain why your accumulated anger during the pandemic can spill out into real-world interactions

Anger is an animal without a cage. Once provoked, it can lash out at anyone within reach…

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Markham Heid

Markham Heid

I write about health, science, and psychology. My work has appeared in Time magazine, the New York Times, Vice, and elsewhere. I live in Germany.

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