When we are angry, our emotional brain goes into overdrive, and we act first rather than think first. "When I get mad, I stop thinking. I see red, and something takes over that I can't control," one ...

Most people don’t think about the fact that their thoughts are chemical, and even less so about how to use their thoughts to manage their brain chemistry. Your brain chemistry is your mental health.

“When I get mad, I stop thinking. I see red, and something takes over that I can’t control,” one of my patients said, adding that when he felt he wasn’t being heard, he needed to assert himself, “even ...