The reasons behind our rage
We’ve all been there: It’s Monday morning and you’re late for work. Your kids missed the bus so you had to drive them to school. After your kids are safely dropped off, you pull up your briefcase and manage to spill your coffee all over a client file. But is this enough to make someone snap?
More and more we hear about cases of road rage, school shootings and hate crimes. And according to psychologists, the violence that sparked the recent school shootings around the country might not stem from anything new. “People snap when their ability to cope is overwhelmed,” said Dr. Robert Trestman, director of the Center for Correctional Mental Health Services Research at the University of Connecticut Health Center.
As someone who has had moments of near snapping and even been sent over the edge a few times, I’ve learned there are many reasons why people may snap. There are those that snap inward towards themselves often hurting themselves or take their own lives. Others snap outwardly and hurt those around them. There is only so much stress, turmoil or grief a person can handle before something literally snaps in them and they fly off the handle.
So what causes people to snap?
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