Mindless TV Adds To Stress

We’ve all done it.
We have a stressful day,
return home,
flop in front of the TV
and watch something brainless
like the Bachelor,
trying to relax.

It doesn’t work.

A study
has now proved this.*

“Spending hours on
mindless TV or video games
to relieve stress
after a long day
may actually accomplish
just the opposite.
A European study
reported in the Journal of Communication
found that watching intellectually stimulating fare
(like TV documentaries
or smart dramas)
or playing logic
or problem-solving games
made subjects feel happy and productive,
but watching junk TV
or playing video games
made them feel down and guilty
because they felt they’d wasted their time
and hadn’t accomplished anything.”

Don’t try to relax
by watching just anything
on TV.
Choose your shows wisely.

*December 2014
Men’s Fitness