Irritability: When Inner Tension Seeks an Outlet
In our modern societies, irritability has become almost “normal.”Short tempers, impatience, emotional reactivity, intolerance to frustration—these states are often dismissed as minor psychological issues or simple consequences of stress. Yet, from the perspective of traditional East Asian medicine and Shiatsu, irritability is never trivial. It is a signal: the expression of an inner imbalance asking…