| People who suppress their anger with colleagues or | | | | them had heart attacks for the researchers to come |
| superiors at work are, staggeringly, more than twice as | | | | to any conclusions. |
| likely to die of a heart attack or heart disease, says a | | | | Clearly the survey found a corollary between heart |
| Swedish study of more than 2,800 men. | | | | attacks and keeping things bottled up, but it doesn't |
| (A separate, earlier, study said that an overbearing or | | | | necessarily tell us what to do about it. That is a |
| incompetent boss heightened the risk of angina, heart | | | | personal question. For me, the thing to do would be to |
| attack and death. Though the last, of course, will | | | | explain our concerns to the person that's annoying us |
| happen irrespective of the calibre of your employer.) | | | | calmly and clearly. I'd hope to pitch my comments as |
| Apparently lashing out at the office is not an effective | | | | about solving whatever the problem is at hand, rather |
| way of dealing with things, but the study didn't look at | | | | than turning into a discussion about anger or frustration. |
| the good ways of tackling anger. Constanze | | | | Of course, talking to friends outside of work would be |
| Leineweber, a psychologist at Stockholm University's | | | | useful too, just as a way to let off a little steam. But, |
| Stress Research Institute and co-author of the report, | | | | however you feel about someone, bad mouthing them |
| said on a US Department of Heath site: | | | | to anyone at the office, even if they are disliked by |
| "It is not good just to walk away after having such a | | | | other people, is something that nobody should do – |
| conflict or to swallow one's feelings […] Shouting | | | | if only because it could leave you in a precarious |
| out, and so on, is not proper coping," | | | | position in the future. |
| While the study included 2,000 women, too few of | | | | |