Why do we break things when we are furious?
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Most people don’t break anything. I would say it’s a pathology that’s exaggerated by the media because of the drama.
That said, we are all susceptible to making bad decisions when we are emotional. Rage is one of the emotions that can especially consume us to the point where we can’t focus on anything else, and hence can’t assess the outcomes of our actions clearly. The breaking of stuff is then a mix of needing to direct our aggression into action, and disregard for the consequences of doing so.
That aggression can make us physically violent is likely due to genetic links, because those who fought others were at many times in our evolution more successful in survival and/or breeding offspring than those who did not.
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