This anger is a reflex, a protective response from Carpenter My Smart Mouth Always Gets Me In Trouble & If It’s Not My Mouth It’s My Facial Expressions T Shirt a more primitive part of the brain that handles stress. It’s like the valve on a pressure cooker. I’m not saying that this kind of anger isn’t harmful and doesn’t need to be addressed. It is and it does but I am saying it’s not the same as having anger issues. We are complex creatures, and as much as we don’t want to admit it, we still have some very primitive responses to stress.