Everything is very ideal, right now. I'm starting to feel pretty excited that we're going to get this underway. |
Holding it in usually creates stress and stress does things like raise your heart rate and raise your blood pressure and kind of tie the muscles up in knots. There has been some literature suggesting that being overly angry and trying to contain it, or sometimes just being overly angry, puts you at risk for cardiac problems. |
Once the person knows 'I'm too angry,' then (as a professional) you're trying to help them come up with strategies that will distance them from the angry event. |
The familiar childhood admonition of 'counting to 10' before taking action works because it emphasizes the two key elements of anger management -- time and distraction. |
The familiar technique of counting to 10 not only provides the time needed for delay but also offers a distraction from the anger-arousing event. While busily counting, we are not mentally adding fuel to the fire of anger by mulling over whatever happened. |
This brings us well into Mars' upper atmosphere for the drag pass and will enable the mission to start reducing the orbit to its final science altitude. |
We monitor that on daily basis, though as of now, everything is looking clear. |