He asked 2,184 people to complete questionnaires in which they recalled an incident that made them angry and then to compare their reactions to a list of symptoms. Surprisingly, Hall found that while some people reported that the physical experience of the expression of their anger made them feel good, others reported that it made them feel sick. Anger can be experienced and acted on in a wide variety of ways, ranging from feelings, thoughts, or beliefs that leave you feeling uncomfortable to impulsive, destructive, violent episodes of behavior that can be harmful or fatal to yourself or to others. The feeling of anger is not in itself a problem. It is how you think about the events that cause your anger and how these thoughts influence your choices and behaviors that determines whether anger is helpful or harmful to you.
Anger is a mind, body, and behavior experience.
How you deal with anger as an adult is determined in part by the coping skills you have acquired over the years to deal with conflict and stress and whether the way you have expressed anger in the past has helped you get the result you wanted. Anger, for chronic pain patients can be a double-edged sword. Long after the cause of the anger has been resolved or forgotten, the physical impact of pain flare-up that anger can cause lingers. If you experience residual emotional or physical effects from anger, it may be time to take a look at experiencing anger in a more constructive way. Anger, a powerful emotion, is one of the most common feelings experienced by people with chronic pain.