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hypothesis”—that aggression builds up
inside us until it’s healthily released—dates
back to the Greeks, was
revived by Freud, and gained steam
during the “let it all hang out” 1960s of
punching bags and primal screams. But
the catharsis hypothesis is a myth—a
plausible one, an elegant one, but a
myth nonetheless. Scores of studies
have shown that venting doesn’t soothe
anger; it fuels it.
We’re best off when we don’t allow
ourselves to go to our angry place.
Amazingly, neuroscientists have even
found that people who use Botox,
which prevents them from making
angry faces, seem to be less angerprone
than those who don’t, because
the very act of frowning triggers the
amygdala to process negative emotions.
And anger is not just damaging in the
moment; for days afterward, venters
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