Watching Football Can Kill You

[Heythrop51]

I caught this news item earlier. Apparently watching football can raise your stress levels causing release of the hormone cordisol. This in turn raises blood pressure which can trigger a heart attack. It sounds like it is best avoided by those with serious heart conditions. I am not a football fan but imagine a day at the races is equally stressful!

bbc.co.uk/news/health-51222376

[Lezzers]

Watching England play football is definitely stressful!

[SpiritoftheFloyd]

Depends who you're watching!(TRFC session ticket holder)

[Heythrop51 in reply to SpiritoftheFloyd]

Best go for a country walk on Sunday!

[SpiritoftheFloyd in reply to Heythrop51]

Going out for a meal on Sunday, booked some weeks ago so will miss the fun. They actually need to forget about "The magic of the cup" when they're in the relegation slot😒

[Lezzers in reply to SpiritoftheFloyd]

Good job you're not watching today, it's not going well!! 😱

[SpiritoftheFloyd in reply to Lezzers]

Didn't expect it to go well, Tranmere are a barely 1st Division side (currently 21st out of 23) playing a wounded Man United. Been out for a Sunday lunch - much more enjoyable 🥩😊

[SpiritoftheFloyd in reply to Lezzers]

Final score 0-6 - we've improved, lost 0-7 last January to Spurs 😊

[Lezzers in reply to SpiritoftheFloyd]

There's always a positive ☺ hope you enjoyed your meal

[Dolphin14]

I remember many times in my career taking care of people with heart conditions who were watching football.

I'm not a sport fan so never understood why people get so stressed out over it.

But, always in the back of my mind was someone calling and saying they had chest pain!

[judes]

That doesn’t surprise me at all, footy is stressful.

I will try and keep calm when I’m at footy tomorrow it’s a big match.

J

[Hidden]

I am assuming this is a meaningful inquiry - watching football or a day at the races? A day at the races would probably be good for you purely because of all of the walking. Football on TV depends on how passionate a fan you are or how involved you get. Personally I show more passion for Question Time than I ever do watching football but it all boils down to what sort of person you are.

My wife hates the film Alien, because it scares her (fight or flight) and always makes her jump at the appropriate moment. Anything that raises your base instincts (anything at all) will cause a response from your body. I think it fair to say that when the body tells you there is something wrong - you have to take the time to report - deal with - accept - learn - move forward. The learning is probably the hard part for us all. Having to make changes to make room for "health matters". You have to know what sort of person you are, what effects you and why and deal with it. If that means eliminating something, then so be it. However there are things that do not need to take a back seat, especially if it does you NO HARM or could be termed as exercise - putting your body to work, where the heart will have to work a bit harder is good, but working under duress is bad.

Walking is good, bungee jumping is probably bad because it is not true exercise and causes a massive jump in adrenaline. A game of patience could well bring down BP but not five card grag. You have to know how your body works since we are all different.

I love the Grand Prix, it stimulates and excites and I react to the danger and anticipation and the exuberance when my driver or team wins. Just as others react when a loved one does well on stage, in a football game or tennis tournament - that forms a perfectly normal response to enjoyment. Now so long as you don't begin to jump up and down and do star jumps or hand stands and go about whoop whooping around you are going to be fine. Learn what you can do and should not do - it's that simple - really - and if you do begin to step out of your comfort zone, your body will tell you!

[Gail1967]

Lol- my event happened following a not so interesting 4-0 win at Spurs last April- It was in the football club shop so perhaps it was the prices!!! Mind you at least they won!!!

[Heythrop51 in reply to Gail1967]

I recently thought I should support a local club for an important match but then saw the ticket prices! Personally I think some local Sunday League games can be quite entertaining but only go a few times a year to support my friend's son!

[seasider18]

I saw an owner collapse in the winners enclosure at Musselburgh once and paramedics were soon banging away at his heart and revived him. One at Folkestone was not so fortunate.

There was an article in the Mail the other day comparing excitement at sports events and movies to a good work out.

[stillaboveground]

I survived 2 teenage kids and all their mates, that can be stressful, anything that winds you up is dangerous by the sounds of it.