Health Tip: Angry?

It helps to figure out why

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(HealthDay News) -- It's common for people with chronic health issues to feel angry. But being angry all the time can harm your physical and emotional health.

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The American Diabetes offers these suggestions for how to deal with anger:

• Determine what you're angry about, and think about how your anger is impacting your life.
• Learn techniques to calm yourself when you feel angry. Take deep, slow breaths, sit down and stay quiet for a few minutes.
• Try to change the things that make you angry.
• Keep a diary about your anger, and find a better way to deal with each situation.
• Use your anger to motivate you to change your life.

-- Diana Kohnle