What Can Jess Give the Man to Make Him Leave?

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Jess kept thinking, what could she give the man to make him leave? And i'm looking around my room, and i'm looking for something of value. I had a split second emotional response to it, thinking, no,. he doesn't get that. Jess did not snap when two men invaded her home. She didn't snap when one of them touched her. Her life has been changed forever.

Neuroscientist Doug Fields was on a trip to Europe when a pickpocket stole his wallet. Doug, normally mild-mannered, became enraged — and his fury turned him into a stranger to himself. This week, we revisit a favorite 2020 episode about the secret logic of irrational anger.

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