How much does football affect your mental health…?

[Blue and still suffering]

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.

Agree to a certain extent, not been as bad as you Danny, but definitely suffer from hiding behind the sofa syndrome, can't begin to count the number of times when watching games on tele where I have walked out of the room because it's becoming too tense for me.
I could conduct guided tours of the concourse at both ends of Wembley with the amount of tIme I have spent walking up and down there.
Yet after games have finished I accept the result and curse myself for being so irrational about doing it, promising myself next time it will be different, but already know that it will happen for the game against Southampton.

 

[give it to gordon]

When we were shit nah I loved it winning was a bonus !

Did begin to get to me mentally around the time of the CAS hearing. But I think life in general was getting me down.

Now I can shake of a poor result within the hour quicker if I am at the match. But I dont read, watch or listen to the press/media. I ignore all football and just have bluemoon and City website.
I didnt even know the dippers were playing last night !

 

[mackenzie]

I was actually ill with nerves the day of the play off final with Gillingham. So much so that it became physical

 

[55yr old teenager]

I get a lot more stressed and angry watching us on the tv then when I'm in the ground.

Totally agree with you I am the same. Find myself getting really stressed and tense when watching in TV. Am so much more relaxed when at the game, still get nervous but nowhere the same level

 

[chaddblue]

Social media makes it worse. There’s no escape from a bad result. Making it impossible to switch off and forget

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Only if we've been robbed in a match or didn’t deserve to lose.

If I think we deserved to lose, it doesn’t bother me as much.

Fortunately, I don’t think every referee is trying to make us lose, so it doesn’t happen very often these days.

Think the last two examples would be Lyon and the 2-3 Derby to win the league.

 

[bluemc1]

Social media makes it worse. There’s no escape from a bad result. Making it impossible to switch off and forget

theres a solution, don’t be on social media

 

[chaddblue]

theres a solution, don’t be on social media

I’m including texts / WhatsApp in that. Pretty hard to escape that

 

[Protein Junkie]

Social media makes it worse. There’s no escape from a bad result. Making it impossible to switch off and forget

Try the match thread when we get a result .same negative impact.

 

[bluemc1]

I’m including texts / WhatsApp in that. Pretty hard to escape that

yeah WhatsApp groups not much you can do, I’m the only Blue in group of 12 ( others reds )
Also the only one who stills goes on after a defeat and only one to have never left group sulking about having piss taken

reds are pussies