This Is Your Brain on Anger

Anger is natural, even necessary, and it can be highly productive if properly channeled

Robert Roy Britt
Elemental
Published in
6 min readJun 9, 2020

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There’s no shortage of anger in America right now. For many people, the roots of it run deep, stretching back lifetimes and beyond. Occasionally, and visibly of late, anger can explode into rage. So what’s going on, biologically and emotionally, in your mind and body when…

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Robert Roy Britt
Elemental

Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB