Do You Make Better Decisions When You're Angry?

re: Do You Make Better Decisions When You're Angry?

MissWhiskey — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:42:16 GMT

This might be going out on a limb, but, nationalities who are known for their tempers, Scots, Irish, Italians are generally the ones who helped make the USA the great country that it used to be. Hmmm....food for thought perhaps?

re: Do You Make Better Decisions When You're Angry?

saynotoquacks — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:21:07 GMT

Psychiatry is all about lobotomizing people's emotions. Anger is normal and healthy. The corporocracy wants us to take drugs to make us placid like sheep. The irony is, the drugs they give us to make us docile cause murder, school shootings and suicide!

"Anger is a gift" -- Rage Against the Machine

re: Do You Make Better Decisions When You're Angry?

rubynewsong — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:12:42 GMT

Living with anger...mmm. "Been there, done that." I had this experience in the realm of being married to an abusive spouse. I don't like to be yelled at. So, I completely disagree with the psychological value of this article. If a person has something meaningful to say, then they can sit down and say it without so much emotional demonstration, at the cost of someone else's feelings. People say allot of things they don't really mean when they are angry, and most of the time, don't even remember everything they said!!! However, they might feel emotionally relieved after vehemently venting their fury, at the price of damaging the relationship, siblings, spouse, etc. It's not wisdom to let anger run amuck. I'm in total agreement with Jesus and the Alaskadude. God Bless! Nix this article!

Rubynewsong

re: Do You Make Better Decisions When You're Angry?

sunshinehair11 — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:27:47 GMT

Personally speaking, I do not like this article, since I'm recently divorced from my abusive ex. He was angry every day for no apparant reason (just made them up). And 1 in 4 people are in these abusive relationships! So I don't like to think that anger can help people make decisions, yes could be true for 'normal' people, but how many will take this and use it in the proper context?

re: Do You Make Better Decisions When You're Angry?

Alaskadude — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:12:19 GMT

It may be that anger just forces a decision at a time of indecision. Indecision can be damaging and stressful as one walks around in a constant state of worry and anxiety.
Jesus said, "Be angry and sin not". Obviously there are things we need to get passionate about. "blind rage" is another (dangerous) animal...

re: Do You Make Better Decisions When You're Angry?

Bryan - oz4caster — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:48:55 GMT

The article says:
"... anger helps people focus on the cues that matter most to making a rational decision and ignore cues that are irrelevant to the task of decision-making. This could be because anger is designed to motivate people to take action - and that it actually helps people to take the right action, the authors wrote."

Let's get angry about corruption, lies, and injustice!
Especially when our health and well being are involved.
Maybe that will help us make better decisions : )

re: Do You Make Better Decisions When You're Angry?

A.M.E. — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:26:06 GMT

Perhaps the anger is simply what gets the person to actually do something. Many people are all talk...perhaps getting them angry enough to do something about the situation that has angered them is the key?

re: Do You Make Better Decisions When You're Angry?

Russ Bianchi — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:36:49 GMT

So, if I'm understanding this correctly, in the heat of a battle, where life, limb, or wallet, are on the line, one makes better judgements?

So what about reflective and meditative contemplation? Is it bogus, or just not as finite, in net result?

re: Do You Make Better Decisions When You're Angry?

mmc88121 — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:46:14 GMT

Still having some trouble linking to different sites. Can do it independently, but not through the blog. Sounds like some short term anger might be benificial to making decisions, but once they are made you have to let go of the anger.

Mary