Do you agree or not? Sports are the best male tranquilizer ever?

Sports are the best male tranquilizer ever. Sure, I know you're thinking "But I get really excited by my team!" but that's not what I mean. They take your out of real concerns in your life and soothe you with well-known patterns and rhythms and enthusiasms with no consequence.

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No. For me, supporting a team works like an addiction to a stimulant. During the offseason, I scan the sports pages daily to check out trade and resigning stories.

If there isn’t any news in January about my baseball team (Astros), and in April about my football team (Texans) I wonder if they are goofing off in the front office. During training camp, I scour the paper and the Internet daily to see why we lost every pre-season game? Was it because we were giving a non-roster pitcher too much time on the mound?

Were the veterans goofing off? Or have the trades not worked out. Then comes opening day.

I become obsessed with how the team is doing. While driving, I’m concerned about slumps and people playing better than they did in previous seasons. I ponder the daily stats.

If the team is doing well, I rejoice. But a little voice in my head reminds me that the next slump is an injury away. Inevitably, it will happen.

Then I slide into the stage that I would have hit earlier, had the team been playing badly. GLOOM! DESPAIR!

However the regular season ends, this being Houston, it year won’t end with a championship. Then the cycle begins again. Following a team is a lot like voluntarily becoming bi-polar.It doesn’t transquilize.

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I agree. They do take us into a fantasy land of sorts. When I am home, not much can bother me on a Sunday afternoon.

Whether its watching it on TV, listening on the radio, watching live in person, or reading the paper- we feel it. Even the sound of some broadcasters can send one into la-la land. Bob Costas, John Madden, Marv Albert, Greg Gumbel, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, Jim Nantz, Dick Enberg, Chris Berman, Tom Jackson--- E.F.Hutton has nothing on them.

When they talk WE ALL LISTEN.

I would have to agree... I DO get really excited about my team and while the game is going on, I'm not worried about my life outside of that game (my "drug" of choice in this realm is NBA Basketball with a little NFL Football thrown in--I don't really have a TRUE football team). In fact, if someone or something messes with my fixation while the game is on, I get very irritable. *Especially* when my wife asked me one time to do something with under 2 minutes in a close game, but I digress... It seems to me that a large part of what you are asking is about being able to be present and "in the moment" which is hard for a lot of people in general, not just men.

Sports provides that real escape and we have been conditioned to believe that what we are seeing is a true and fair struggle. It has been my experience that even if I don't "care" who wins, I usually end up tilting one way or the other if it is a good/close/really important game. Another great thing about sports is that in most cases you get a definitive result for the time you invest (unless the game ends in a tie).

Some really good movies have provided this escape to me in the past, but I find that as I get older, such movies have become very rare. Not to be cliche, but really deep, spiritually-connected sex has the same effect on me. Sources: my experience .

I know exactly what you mean! For most of us, sports are a form of escapism, whether we're watching our favorite team or competing in an event. There have been so many times that I've watched a sporting event that I'm truly invested in and lost all concept of time and, even the things that are going on around me.

Watch someone observe their favorite sporting event. They'll go as far as trying to manipulate the outcome with their own body. The level of excitement is rivaled by very few things in our real lives.

Who hasn't dreamt of being their biggest sports hero in the big game? Now, when I compete it's a totally different thing. Let me lay some exercise science on you to preface my next point.

Several universities have conducted tests on elite level athletes with EEG equipment. They performed EEG scans before, during and after the athlete performed the task they'd trained for. There was sufficient brain activity leading up to performing the event, whether is was competitive weightlifting, shooting or any array of other events.

What the EEGs showed was nothing short of incredible. Regular brain wave activity before, but absolutely nothing at the time the event was performed. They confirmed what we athletes have known for ages.

The "zone" does in fact exist! I believe something very similar happens to us when we witness an event that we're interested in. Most times you really can't recall anything but the event itself, but, you can recall every finite detail.

Afterwards is the best of all and really present proof of your point. So many times I'm so revved up just watching a sporting event, but once it's over I'm completely washed out. The same thing happens to me when I compete.

I expend so much mental energy outside performing the actual task that I'm ready to fall down and pass out afterwards. I hope that's what you were looking for.

Yes I agree, no matter what is going on in life a good sports game will temporary make you forget the trails of life. Look at new orleans... and football.... and other things I know for myself if you show me a good football game that will stop me in my tracks. Hammer44's Recommendations Wilson NCAA Supreme Junior Sewn Rubber Football with Pump & Tee Amazon List Price: $14.99 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 1 reviews) .

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