Getting Out of My House

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Jess spotted her selphone and grabbed it. The robber saw what she was doing, and as i got my hand on it, he jumped on top of me. And were rolling on the floor, fighting each other. Jess could hear man's accomplice in the other room shouting, shoot her. "That was really the first time that i had a strong response to this person. Violating me"

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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