Anger Anxiety Part 2: What to do when you feel angry #shorts

Hello, my friend. This is Dr. Nicole Cain. Do you deal with anger anxiety? Anger anxiety is one of the eight types of anxiety, and it's characterized by feelings of frustration and anger. With anxiety, when we feel anxious, our body can go into fight, flight, or freeze. And fight is what anger anxiety is all about. And sometimes we can feel really hard on ourselves for getting angry and frustrated. And I want to talk to you today about how anger is your nervous system trying to protect you, and anger is a totally normal and acceptable emotional reaction. The problem is when anger starts to control you instead of you controlling your anger. Anger anxiety can be related to a history of trauma or stress or aversive experiences. If you're overwhelmed and as a result of imbalances in some of your hormones and neurotransmitters, getting to the root cause can give you relief so that you feel like yourself. So if you've been feeling frustrated lately, here's one thing that you can do right now. When you're angry and when you're frustrated, allow yourself to take just a few minutes and stop and ask yourself, what part of me is being activated right now? What unmet need am I experiencing? Is this a past part of myself that's getting activated by something that's happening in the moment? Your anger is trying to protect you, so take a pause and see what unmet needs you have.