Many individuals with an anxiety disorder will often be quick to anger; however, the link between anger and anxiety is often missed or overlooked. Anxiety is often connected with overstimulation from a stressful environment or threat, combined with the perceived inability to deal with that threat.

Does anxiety make you short tempered?

Anxiety results in more frequent exposure to negative thoughts, feelings and emotions. Cumulatively, this reduces tolerance of the stresses of everyday life. This loss of tolerance can lead to negative reactions to stress which often include irritability and a further increase in anxiety.

Can anxiety make you angry easily?

If you feel even more threatened, that anxiety can quickly morph into anger. In both instances, an outside stimulus threatens your sense of safety and control over your environment. Anger may simply be a more chemically-charged version of anxiety.