Spectator Stress

I don't think this is an officially documented medical condition, but I have it. We have been fully involved in football and now basketball since August and I find that with each sports game that I go to with my boys, I reach a new level of anxiety and stress. Chad's basketball team is heading into states now and will soon be finished. What I think is so odd about this is that while I like to win as much as the next person, I realize it is just a game and really not the end of the world if we lose. I have all these little conversations in my head throughout the games, but can' t seem to stop the anxiety I feel. Maybe it's sitting so close to other fans, all the yelling, all the clapping, all the fear I have of my boys getting hurt.... but I am ready for a break from competitive sports for awhile. Garret is heading into baseball, and I think that is more my speed. I'm sure there will be some yelling at the umps for bad calls, but I really think I can take the pace of baseball right now. Give me some peanuts and cracker jacks, baseball here I come.