Not getting angry at work is bad for your heart

According to new research, by not expressing feelings over unfair treatment at work, it may have major consequences on your heart. People who convey their feelings openly, for instance by getting angry, have no increased risk of heart problems

Lead researchers, Lipids and Fibrinogen Stockholm, studied 2,755 male employees who had not had a heart attack when the study began in 1992-1995. The workers were asked how they handled work-related confrontations: whether they expressed their anger or suppressed it, whether they got a headache or stomachache or vented it out at home.

Previous research has shown covert coping with job conflict has a link to heart disease risk factors, but not heart disease itself, Leineweber and her team note in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Leineweber added. “I think men can’t help how they behave in conflict situations - it’s not something they think about, it’s just how they react instinctively.

“If you are smoking and don’t exercise you would be much more conscious of the risk.”

“It is not good just to walk away after having such a conflict or to swallow one’s feelings,” said Leineweber.

The research to begin with included women however their statistics were withdrawn as the number of heart attacks among them was too low for any conclusions to be drawn.