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posted by Fnord666 on Friday May 10 2019, @06:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the anger-management-is-life-extension dept.

From APA

Anger may be more harmful to an older person's physical health than sadness, potentially increasing inflammation, which is associated with such chronic illnesses as heart disease, arthritis and cancer, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

"As most people age, they simply cannot do the activities they once did, or they may experience the loss of a spouse or a decline in their physical mobility and they can become angry," said Meaghan A. Barlow, MA, of Concordia University, lead author of the study, which was published in Psychology and Aging. "Our study showed that anger can lead to the development of chronic illnesses, whereas sadness did not."

Barlow and her co-authors examined whether anger and sadness contributed to inflammation, an immune response by the body to perceived threats, such as infection or tissue damage. While inflammation in general helps protect the body and assists in healing, long-lasting inflammation can lead to chronic illnesses in old age, according to the authors.

[...] "If we better understand which negative emotions are harmful, not harmful or even beneficial to older people, we can teach them how to cope with loss in a healthy way," said Barlow. "This may help them let go of their anger."

"Is Anger, but Not Sadness, Associated With Chronic Inflammation and Illness in Older Adulthood?" by Meaghan A. Barlow, MA, Carsten Wrosch, PhD, Jean-Philippe Gouin, PhD, Concordia University, and Ute Kunzmann, PhD, University of Leipzig. Psychology and Aging. Published May 9, 2019.


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  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday May 11 2019, @12:59AM (6 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday May 11 2019, @12:59AM (#842169) Homepage

    Getting older usually involves becoming more aware. More aware of those Mexicans you used to like behaving like vermin, more aware of the decline in social mobility, more aware of how contemptuous/selfish/nasty people are, more aware that the Jews and other globalist psychopaths own America and its military.

    It's like that movie Falling Down except playing out slowly over a period of 60 or so years and ending in a spiritually-defeated state rather than suicide-by-cop. I thought about escaping that fate by becoming a permanent man-baby and partying every day but my liver can't handle partying every day and people are no fun to talk to while sober.

  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday May 11 2019, @01:27AM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday May 11 2019, @01:27AM (#842179) Journal

    I thought about escaping that fate by becoming a permanent man-baby and partying every day but my liver can't handle partying every day and people are no fun to talk to while sober.

    Have you considered lobotomy? It's a one off investment, protects your liver and allows you to live your life in a state of permanent bliss.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
  • (Score: 2) by epitaxial on Saturday May 11 2019, @04:56AM (2 children)

    by epitaxial (3165) on Saturday May 11 2019, @04:56AM (#842219)

    Oh the Jews own the military? That's a new one.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 11 2019, @12:53PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 11 2019, @12:53PM (#842289)

      They do in Israel!

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 11 2019, @06:17PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 11 2019, @06:17PM (#842404)

        Israel is just a massive fron for Russia to launder money from China while destabilizing the US "covert" drug trade. Did no one else find the Stalin watermark they use in their bills suspicious?