What contributes to excessive anger, people vary in how often and how intensely they experience and
express anger, the following mental processes have been linked to high anger levels, selective attention.
People prone to anger tend to pay attention to things that trigger anger.
A person might be primed to notice other drivers of sensitive behaviors, for example, or to focus
on things his friend says that might be critical.
The more we look for these things, the more clues will find to be angry by us thinking our call, our
core beliefs drive our thoughts and triggering situations.
The more we interpret others actions as hostile, inconsiderate and so forth, the more will experience
anger, rumination.
It's easy to get stuck in our heads about things that made us angry, turning them over and over.
We will replace interactions that upset us, wonder how others could treat us so unfairly, and even
create scripts for irritating arguments that may never happen.
Dwelling on anger related memories and moods only exacerbates our anger.