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What contributes to excessive anger, people vary in how often and how intensely they experience and

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express anger, the following mental processes have been linked to high anger levels, selective attention.

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People prone to anger tend to pay attention to things that trigger anger.

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A person might be primed to notice other drivers of sensitive behaviors, for example, or to focus

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on things his friend says that might be critical.

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The more we look for these things, the more clues will find to be angry by us thinking our call, our

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core beliefs drive our thoughts and triggering situations.

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The more we interpret others actions as hostile, inconsiderate and so forth, the more will experience

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anger, rumination.

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It's easy to get stuck in our heads about things that made us angry, turning them over and over.

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We will replace interactions that upset us, wonder how others could treat us so unfairly, and even

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create scripts for irritating arguments that may never happen.

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Dwelling on anger related memories and moods only exacerbates our anger.