Why Do We Like to See People Suffer?

In this episode, Tyler Niehaus breaks down the tertiary methods of dealing with anger. There was no research included in this episode, just personal anecdotes about how Tyler has dealt with these problems in the past. The tertiary phase of anger comes after secondary. Either you handled secondary well and you are still holding on to the frustrations past, or you handled it poorly and have to reconstruct relationships. Either way, Tyler has you covered on what to do in this episode. 

In this episode, Tyler Niehaus covers the secondary methods of dealing with anger. There is no research in these three points he makes today. However, with experience in dealing with this, Tyler makes compelling arguments for why these are important to know.

In this episode, Tyler Niehaus breaks down the primary method of dealing with anger. He discusses how primary is preventative and the struggles of finding true evidence. He cites work from both Arizona State University as well as the University of Oklahoma in their attempt to battle anger prevention. He discusses the SCARE program as well as includes quotes from both Ross Edgely and Brené Brown, PhD (The Call to Courage).

In this episode, Tyler talks about Seneca's essay titled, "On Anger." He uses a personal anecdote to explain why the emotion of anger can be flawed. He gives an in depth look on our interpretations of the objective events that occur throughout life. 

In this episode, Tyler Niehaus talks about the findings of both Dr. Rebecca Dewey, PhD and Dr. Stephen Mason, PhD. Dr. Dewey is a neuroimaging research fellow at the University of Nottingham and has an interesting study on how the ability to perceive pain is tied to the ability to have pain empathy. Dr. Mason's study was set to prove that we love to watch people suffer. Tyler discusses both articles in detail as well as gives implications on their findings.

In this episode, Tyler talks about altruism. He uses Daniel Batson's research titled, "Is Empathic Emotion a Source of Altruistic Motivation?" to illustrate the point that empathy might be tied to altruism. He leaves this episode on a cliffhanger about suffering.