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APRIL 5, 2024
MARCH
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This article from 10 years ago describes conditions that are only getting worse. The subject is more relevant than ever. Even during April.
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adness, defined for our purposes as “the state or condition of being mad, hopping mad, angry, furious, piqued, livid, outraged, highly provoked, fuming, beside oneself, seeing red, sore, fit to be tied, hot under the collar, incensed, seething, irate, burned up, boiling, apoplectic, flipping one’s wig, or merely irked or annoyed” is, unfortunately, not merely a March phenomenon. According to the Medical Examiner Research Department, millions of people are blowing their tops at every moment of every day of every month, 365 days a year (except for leap years). Anger is a nearly universal emotion: even dogs snarl and bite; cats hiss and scratch. But one thing at a time. Let’s focus on people for now. Anger: just one D away from danger Get real mad and you would not believe the dominos that might be about to topple. You could easily end up dead. It happens all the time. Not long ago on a perfect Saturday afternoon in quiet,
lovely North Augusta, two drivers had a rage deaths are the result of crashes minor traffic accident. Tempers flared. caused by enraged driving. In no time at all, one man was lying face You might be surprised at other ways down in the middle of Martintown Road, anger kills: on-the-job injuries are often shot dead in broad daylight. sparked by anger. Research shows a We’ve all heard the recent case of the worker’s level of annoyance man who shot an unarmed teenager has a direct link to their likeliafter an argument that erupted over hood of injury, from “extreme loud music. In another recent incident, irritation” (five times more a man texting in a movie theater during likely to be injured) to “rage” previews was shot and killed by another (twelve times more likely). moviegoer. Good thing working Still another chilling trend finds conditions at your job are people taking out their anger at the perfect, huh? world in general by going to the nearest It’s no accident that crowded public place and randomly anger and anxiety are killing as many people as time and related. They both start bullets allow. with “an,” after all. The These are not isolated incidents. physical effects of anger Sad to say, they are merely the tip of and anxiety are legendary. the anger iceberg. Please see MADNESS Anger kills fast and kills slow Road rage is one of the speedy killers, but bullets aren’t always in the mix. Many road
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