Rage

Rage is a state of anger so intense that one loses control of one's actions, sometimes regretting what one did in this state afterwards. It can be caused by anything, the actions of another person, failure of technology, even small things may set it up when there has been a previous build-up of stress or anger. The feeling can sometimes lead to a state of mind that will push a person to thinking that he is capable of doing things that may normally seem to be physically impossible.

Those in a state of rage usually experience extreme adrenaline rushes, which give them great physical strength. People in rage may also have the sensation that everything is happening in slow motion, due to their brains' processing information at an accelerated rate. A person in a state of rage may lose much of his or her capacity for rational thought and reasoning, and is acting, usually violently, on his or her extreme anger.

Contrary to popular belief, a person (usually with a lighter complexion) in a state of rage typically has a pale, white face, instead of a red face. This is due to blood's being reserved for the brain, and muscles, and taken away from extremities, skin, and non-vital internal organs. The reason most people believe that a red-faced person is in rage is that an angry (not necessarily enraged) person typically shouts, which causes redness in the face. A person in rage usually won't do much speaking, and when they do, it's usually quite minimal.

A person in rage also has dilated pupils and experiences tunnel vision. They often enter an intense state of focus on the source of their anger. The large amounts of adrenaline and oxygen in the blood may cause a person's extremities to shake. A person in rage will hyperventilate with strong, quick breaths, to get more oxygen into his blood stream.

Contrary to popular belief, rage often occurs in people who are very patient, and don't anger very easily, sometimes with passive-aggressive personalities. People like this have been described as "having a long fuse, with a lot of dynamite at the end". Those who anger easily are not considered to be in rage, and, as previously mentioned, usually shout and have a blood-filled red face. Rage can be caused by long-term stress, or by a person close to them being hurt.

A person in a rage may become temporarily incapable of coherent thought and may temporarily lose his self-consciousness. Sometimes people black out, or forget what occurred during their rage.

One's senses become extremely acute, due to the high amounts of adrenaline in the body, and, on the opposite end, this also reduces one's sensation of pain.

Inclination to rage is often passed down from the parents, which may have set the example to the child.