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Why we get mad -- and why it's healthy | Ryan Martin
Your anger isn't the problem. It's information.
Who it's for
Martin draws on his research on what provokes anger, using the appraisal model: anger comes from a provocation, your mood at the time, and how you interpret what happened (blame, unfairness, how bad it is).
Angry, ashamed of the anger, or bottling it up→Understanding the anger and ready to use it constructively
Feelings it meets
What it is
Anger researcher Ryan Martin draws on his studies of what makes people angry in this TEDxFondduLac talk (2018). He explains that anger depends not only on the provocation but on your state beforehand, such as hunger, tiredness or anxiety, and on how you interpret the event, and he describes thinking patterns linked to frequent anger, such as catastrophising and misplaced blame.
Where to find it
Free on YouTube.
Before you start
Age: Not rated (suggested 13+)
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, no. 193
