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A Consultant psychiatrist, who is also a faculty member at the Faculty of Medicine of King Khalid University (KKU), Dr. Mousa Al Zaalh, has confirmed that anger was one of the most common mental agitation in the month of Ramadan, adding that some people make fasting an excuse for lack of control over their behavior and words causing a lot of trouble.

Dr. Al Zaalh Said, "Allah the Almighty deposited in us many blessings to be harnessed in the face of various conditions and changes, but we have the decision to employ these blessings at the right times and in the right circumstances. Among these blessings is emotion in general, such as anger, grief, love, joy and others" He added, "Controlling anger is required at all times and in all circumstances, but it increases during Ramadan. Ramadan is an opportunity to control impulses and psychological feelings that have a religious nature, such as stop saying nasty words and profanity. Fasting period may be long, with high temperatures, traffic rush, frequent household requirements, social visits, and other things that make the emotion of anger manifested clearly in the life of each other"

Dr. Al Zaalh stressed that we must recognize anger first in order to be able to confront it, saying, "Adrenal glands secrete adrenaline hormone, which affects the liver, and makes it produces the largest quantity of blood sugar, leading to increased energy in the body, thus making it more capable of muscular effort to self-defense, which in turn increases the body readiness to verbal and non verbal assaults. So it is necessary for us to control this emotion in order to get a balanced consensus, as well as to reach a psychological, a family, and a social one"

Dr. Al Zaalh also revealed that human beings have to control their emotion of anger in order to get balanced, and to reach psychological, family, and social consensus, and that is for several reasons: First, when a human being gets angry, his / her thinking stops, and thus he / she loses the ability to take right judgments. In contrary, controlling anger makes us able to think logically and not to rush to take decisions. Secondly, anger control means homeostasis as well as intellectual, and thus protecting us from violent attacks on others. Furthermore, controlling anger has many psychological and social benefits that overwhelm the human spirit with self-examination and affection, which increases bonding and social compatibility.

 Dr. Moussa stressed that there were several ways that help to control anger, whether during Ramadan or throughout the whole year as follows:

1 - Think about consequences and summon up the merits and good situations of the opponent in the past. To reach that, try to change the location and the status of the person during rage.

2 - Think before making any reaction to the words of the Prophet, peace be upon him: "The strong man is not that one who could beat others, but is the one who could control himself during rage." so, when feeling angry, stop talking, have poise, and stay away from everything that raises anger or thinking back.

3. Seeking refuge with Allah from the accursed Satan, which kindles the embers of anger in the heart. God the Almighty says: "And if (at any time) an incitement to discord is made to thee by the Evil One, seek refuge in Allah." He is the One Who hears and knows all things. One day, Prophet Mohammed - peace be upon Him - passed by two men who were insulting each other. One of them flared up and the Prophet said, "I know a word, if he uttered, he would control anger; I seek refuge with Allah from Satan".

4. Adequate sleep, relaxation, and nutritional balance are very important in the emotional equilibrium, especially anger.