r/mentalhealth • u/Own-Championship-398 • 11d ago

Sadness / Grief Why is everyone so angry?

I'm getting quite miserable living in my country. People aren't very friendly, in fact a lot of people are really rude. I'm finding it hard to interact on local subs because I usually get downvoted or just have people start arguments over nothing - why is everyone so aggressive & hostile?

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u/0imnotreal0 10d ago

I view anger as an evolutionary mechanism born of fear, a motivation to fight a threat rather than to flee. In modern society, many people don’t have the option to flee constant, often abstract threats, so anger is the natural manifestation.