Everyone is raging so they are
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Britain is in the grip of an anger epidemic. A lot of people are raging over there (and here too I wouldn’t wonder). The Mental Health Foundation in the UK published a report called Boiling Point that has some interesting points to make.
- 1 in 3 people have a friend or relative who can’t control their temper
- 1 in 4 people is battling with an anger problem
- Anger is seen as the root cause of a lot of criminal behaviour
- The more angry you are, the more angry you are… (not a mistype)
- Repression is not good, you have to strike a happy mean
The most primitive of human emotions such as anger or fear are triggered with the same intensity in a 2 year as they are in a 32 year old. The hope is that by the time you reach 32, you won’t throw the rattle out of the pram with the same intensity that you did when you were 2.
The full lowdown is at The Independent website along with some fun celebrity anger appraisals. I never realised Cameron Diaz was a narky oul bitch. That’s made a little part of me die inside to know that. I always made her out to be a happy go lucky type – a la her Mary in There’s Something About Mary. Oh well, shattered illusions.
They also have this great poll – The Angry List (love it). Just look who the angriest is. Quelle surprise!
Anyone got nominations for an “Angry Irish Blogger List”?
| Alex Ferguson |  8% |
| Russell Crowe |  5% |
| Naomi Campbell | 14% |
| Robert Mugabe | 18% |
| Tom Aikens | 0% |
| Colin Montgomerie | 1% |
| Ian Paisley | 21% |
| Harold Pinter | 1% |
| Heather Mills | 27% |
| Grace Jones | 3% |
2 Comments
March 27th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Of course, there is a strong argument to be made that we’ve got plenty to be angry about: from a bogus war in Iraq to Jamie Oliver, this country has been going to the dogs for a while now.
But then the flip side, as one of this country’s least favourite sons once said, is that: “Anger is an energy.”
Maybe all this anger is about to explode into something positive…or not, obviously.
March 27th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
True, good things can come from unexpected sources. Jamie Oliver – that made me laugh! I think he’s a sound bloke but maybe he is becoming overexposed now.