Rage & Triggers

In addition to inflicting damage on relationships, rage may have devastating physiologic effects, explains Redford Williams, MD, director of the Behavioral Medicine Research Center at Duke University School of Medicine.

“Anger activates our body’s fight or flight response, which is the release of stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol,” says Williams, whose books include Anger Kills: Seventeen Strategies for Controlling the Hostility That Can Harm Your Health.

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