Psychiatric experts confirmed that encouraging teams during matches football It brings many benefits to a person’s mental and physical health, and it also creates a sense of identity for a person and is a wonderful opportunity to communicate with others, according to what was published in the scientific journal “Communication and Sport”.
There is no doubt that this year’s World Cup in Qatar is full of excitement and fun, and whether you are a football fan or not, you definitely feel excited, and you see your country’s national team advance in the qualifiers and reach the final rounds, and at the same time specialists confirm that watching the World Cup matches On television, it helps you with the many health benefits that result from cheering for your favorite team in the tournament.
For his part, Cary Wieland, a professor of social psychology, said that humans are by nature social beings, and the World Cup is a wonderful opportunity to communicate with others and find common social ground, in addition to the importance of the collective joy that a person feels while watching the World Cup matches, whether with family members, or even Accompanied by strangers in a public place such as a coffee shop or others, especially if the team you support scored one or more goals during the match, and she says: “When you share these positive emotions with others, this leads to strengthening these collective feelings and having a better emotional experience.”
Also, encouraging teams while watching matches indoors or in clubs or cafes prolongs life, and that social communication in itself has a positive effect on prolonging human life. Depression, which some studies have shown to reduce human life by 10 to 12 years on average, and therefore when you get social support stemming from encouraging the World Cup matches, there is scientific evidence that you reduce the risk of premature death..
Researchers also believe that immersion in watching the World Cup matches helps relieve stress and distracts the mind temporarily from the troubles of daily life. Eric Zilmer, a neuropsychiatrist at Drexel University in Philadelphia, USA, says, “Watching teams celebrating winning the World Cup may be a temporary refuge from reality.” Pointing out that a sports game such as football has organized rules and laws that may have a therapeutic effect for those who complain regarding life’s ups and downs..
