How emotionally involved/attached do you get in games?

[Banner_18]

I'm sure that any passionate fan in any sport invests themselves a lot in their team, and I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that your day is a little bit better if the Celtics win, or worse, if they lose. Makes it even tougher when they throw away a great game 2 win in a game 3 loss, due to bad officiating. I'm curious if there are others that get too emotionally involved, or if you used to be like that, but just learned to not take it as seriously anymore.

[Spicoli]

Unfortunately i am too attached. My entire work day today has sucked. I can't stop thinking about that blown opportunity and how poorly we played. I really wish i could care less, but for some reason i can't.

[LB3533]

I used to live and die with every bad play, missed shot, horrible turnover, abysmal blow call, excruciating loss...etc. etc.

It would effect me a lot. My disposition would be unpleasant after the game, the very next day.

Losses used to prevent me from doing anything constructive (who wants to do anything when in a bad mood?).

But that was all in the past.

Now I don't take things as personally.

[vinnie]

I get way too involved during the games, and if they lose I am miserable for a couple of hours. However, the next day I am fine and move on with my life. When they lose in teh playoffs, I try not to watch or listen to any of the postgame interviews with the Lakers, because they make me ill.

[Frezz]

When the Celtics lose playoff games I get angry, cause I know how corrupt the league is, and can't help but think it affected the outcome. If my other two teams lose in the playoffs (Red Sox and NY Giants) I get more depressed than angry. Sports are sick and twisted.

[youcanthandlethetruth113]

I am way too attached to the point where it's probably scary.

After a win I'll be in my brightest green and after a loss I'll be in all black to mourn the loss.

I yell at the TV screen/players to the point where it's questionably unhealthy.

I yell at Tony Allen the most. From the moment he touches the ball I'm yelling "BE SMART TONY", "DON"T TURN IT OVER TONY", "PROTECT THE BALL TONY".

Prior to the official pointing which direction/team will posses the ball I'll point myself.

I clap very loud.

I often beg our players to dunk the ball when trying to finish. Specifically with Big Baby, KG, Rondo, Paul, and Ray - all of whom are capable of throwing it down in somebody's face/with a hand contesting them.

Today I'm in a terrible mood. Receiving text messages like "your boys blew it last night" and "0-13" cripple me, yet I'm never in any type of "panic-mode" as I've heard others fall into.

I believe in Doc, the system, Ubuntu, and the championship/competitive nature of our squad 1-12 (and of course Scal as well).

I want Greg Dickerson to get a promotion and I never want to see Gary Tanguay say anything ever again.

I'm invested in this team to the point where I feel like I know the players/personalities, when obviously that couldn't be farther from the truth.

I feel like I get more upset than Thibs does during a defensive breakdown, yet I feel like I fist-pump harder than Doc does when Ray makes a huge bucket.

Based purely on observaion I would love to be Clifford Ray's assistant, Ed Lacerte seems like a genuine stand-up guy, and Bryon Doo I feel could have a stronger interest in the teams success.

I"m what you call, a true die-hard Fanatic.

[DavorCroatiaFan]

After today's loss i was feeling so empty...angry...
Its hard to believe cause i live 4102 miles from Boston in Croatia. I took every loss very emotionally...Thankfully i have beautifull 3,5 year old daughter and one on its way (4 weeks from now) so she can cheer me up...
Man i hope we win next 2 to go up 3-2 or i will be like zombie...

[Redz]

I'm always very into the games, but my outward response really depends on who I'm watching the game with.  There's really nothing quite like being in the stands, but watching the game in front of a TV with anyone else whose really into it too adds a ton to the experience.

[RAcker]

I'm always very into the games, but my outward response really depends on who I'm watching the game with.  There's really nothing quite like being in the stands, but watching the game in front of a TV with anyone else whose really into it too adds a ton to the experience.

I have found that to me my exact situation.  If I'm in a room alone watching the game, I act totally different than if my wife is there with me or I'm at the game live.

I actually get more vocal when there is someone else there to hear it.  Last night I did some yelling.

[misha]

I'm pretty emotionally involved (not just with basketball, also with soccer, hockey, even with tennis). Usually when I watch a game, yelling is involved, punching and throwing things too sometimes. I'm not the aggressive type in everyday life, but sports brings those kind of things from me. Sometimes I wish I wasn't into sports as much but I was hooked way too early.

Hard to take losses like the last one, but with time I learned to handle it better. After all, there are things much more important in life. 

[FallGuy]

Very invested emotionally. And I wouldn't want it any other way.

I'm never in a terrible mood the next day after a loss but I certainly consume as much media on the topic as possible, win or lose. As I get older, I find a tendency to let go of some of the earnestness and passion of youth. That's why sports are so great. They make us feel like twelve year olds again.

Of course, sometimes they make us act like twelve year olds too. 

[thirstyboots18]

I get very into the games, screaming out where and who to pass or shoot, coaching defense and telling players to keep moving, etc.  That said, I am competitive enough to know that no competitive player plays to lose, so when someone has a bad game, or series, I don't get bent out of shape about it. I get much more riled by the defeatist attitude of some fans.  Yesterday for example, I do not believe Ray was missing intentionally, so why get upset about it?  I wish they would try other options sooner when something is not working, though, although I also understand that Ray or Paul's game could turn on a dime...they are just that kind of player...so I don't fault Doc for not turning away from them, either.  He also wants to win and what is right one day, might not be the right move on another day.   Wimpy answer, I know, but that's kind of how I feel.

[Yakmanev]

I once tore the toenail off of my big toe kicking a box fan after the triple overtime loss to Chicago last year.

[celticinorlando]

i get stressed so bad about the celtics my doctor put me on zoloft...no joke

[thirstyboots18]

Oh, how soon we forget...I went off the deep end after that badly officiated game in Orlando, and was depressed for a week!  That is probably the longest a game has ever affected me in a negative way.  As soon as we lose, I am usually looking to the next game, or the next year...