John Stossel of ABC News, in the article, "Anger: Myths and Management," asserts a point that I had slowly been gravitating towards, that giving in to feelings of anger is bad for your health.
"Like many people "20/20" talked to, [Wendy] Galfund [of New York] believed that venting her anger was healthy, and that holding in anger can cause illnesses like ulcers, colitis, even cancer. And that's the first widespread myth about anger: 'Venting your anger is healthy.'
"Mind-body researcher Dr. Redford Williams, in the department of psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center, said that venting your anger is, in fact, quite unhealthy. With his wife, Virginia, Williams has written two books on anger management: 'Anger Kills: Seventeen Strategies for Controlling the Hostility That Can Harm Your Health' and 'In Control: No More Snapping at Your Family, Sulking at Work, Steaming in the Grocery Line, Seething in Meetings, Stuffing Your Frustration.'
"When you vent your anger, 'your blood pressure's going up more, your adrenaline levels are going up more. You're nicking those arteries a little bit more,' Williams said.
"'When you are getting angry, things are happening inside your body that are taking hours, days, years off your life,' he explained. 'The research is unequivocal in this. It shows that people who get angry a lot, every day, are more likely to die by age 50.'"
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