How much does football affect your mental health…?

Far, far too much. Didn't go to Selhurst Park on Monday and watched it at home with family. My wife actually said City are going to be the death of me as I sat there red faced and shaking as it got closer and closer to full time without us scoring. I have got worse as I get older. It should be a thing of enjoyment. Don't get me wrong, I look forward all week to going to the match but it is definitely affecting my mental state.
 
Used really bother me if we lost or played badly.
These days I don't think about football much atall.
Go to the match and then go home.
Footballers don't give a toss about any of us
 
Definitely in my late teen years it used to piss me off and sometimes I couldn't be bothered to go out on a Saturday night - unfortunately that period coincided with the late 80s so that wiped out quite a few nights - thinking about it City probably saved me a fortune.

Nowadays I have mellowed out and just don't talk to anyone when we loose for a day or so.
 
its the only thing in my life that gets me down, not to bad the last 10 years but boy was i fucked up from the mid 80s
 
I get a lot more stressed and angry watching us on the tv then when I'm in the ground.
 
It used to when i watched wall to wall footy before covid but not anymore , real life is more important , i get pissed off for a couple of hours but that is it
 
kaz7 said:
It used to when i watched wall to wall footy before covid but not anymore , real life is more important , i get pissed off for a couple of hours but that is it
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I was similar to you. Covid took away a lot of the sting but now I can see myself becoming more like I was pre-Covid.
 
Barely if im being honest. Bothers me in the moment, like everyone else, but by and large I can switch off almost immediately from it. Bigger games are a lot harder. Woke up disappointed for a few days post the Champions League final. Generally, I consider myself lucky to have a tonne of hobbies away from football to distract me from it all. City being bad? At full time I just put some music on, play a game, watch something or go for a walk with the wife. Forgotten in an instant.

Oh and ive realised its meant less and less mentally as I've gotten older. All the adult grown up stuff you have to do makes it pale in comparison when it comes to importance!
 
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