There are so many levels of being annoyed with situations and people. Yet, it seems pretty clear we are skipping most of those levels and moving right into A N G E R. Our cortisol levels spike and we begin the mental and verbal rants as if they are valuable.

There is an epidemic of high, continuous and dangerous levels of cortisol (stress response) that we might think serves us. Get us going. Pump up the energy. Give us courage to fight a battle. Not so much. Non stop cortisol is toxic…to everyone who does not shift from ANGRY to simply annoyed, impatient etc. There is a huge difference.

Remember when there was a stress committee at work – figuring out ways to reduce stress for the organization and it’s people. We have skipped the very polite stress response and leaped into anger and anxiety as our predominate response to something we just don’t like. Your angry response does not fix the issue and it leaves you with lots and lots of toxic cortisol.