Why does your body temperature rise when you get angry?

It is a common misconception that your body temperature rises when you get angry. When you experience anger, your body typically undergoes various physiological responses, but an increase in body temperature is not one of them.

During anger, the body's sympathetic nervous system is activated, leading to increased heart rate, faster breathing, and dilation of blood vessels. This can result in feelings of heat and flushed skin, which might be mistaken for an increase in body temperature. However, these sensations are primarily due to blood flow changes near the skin's surface and not a rise in core body temperature.