Jason Silva on Anger | Brain Games

well angers a fascinating thing right
because we mostly think about anger in a
negative context to anger hijacks your
nervous system it hijacks your
cardiovascular system it secretes all
kinds of chemicals adrenalin getting you
ready for fight or flight many instances
releases cortisol and stress I mean
anger it can be negative however there
are times when anger is what’s needed to
push you towards the kind of threshold
to actually act and make a change and
then something that needs to be
addressed it may be something that’s
just been bubbling in your life right
here or in your job or whatever a
relationship that you weren’t happy with
maybe what it takes is this chemical
cocktail of anger to finally push you
through the threshold to create finally
a change in behavior that leads to a
butterfly effect that new possibilities
opening up so in those contexts I think
anger can actually be positive it all
depends what is the net result what you
get there is going to be that
cardiovascular cost and nervous system
cost because it’s being hijacked
cortisol stress maybe but does it lead
to catharsis does it lead to some kind
of resolution
to positive action and