fast heart beat when playing online, healthy or harmfull

[raaaid]

i love playing this game online cause it makes my heart beat fast

i measured my pulse after a dogfight and it was 140 when normally its 70

i really love the feeling but is it healthy?

love adreanline safe in the sofa

[zander]

Listen to Death-Metal, let me know what happened.

[=CfC= Father Ted]

I'd suggest it's not that healthy. It's good to get the heart going quicker every so often, but I think for it to be beneficial it needs to be as a result of physical exercise.

I do think that playing a combat flightsim online is good for exercising the brain, though.

I'm not a physician, by the way - those are just my opinions

[major_setback]

It's not adrenalin that's bad for you, it's the stress hormone cortisol.

See here:

"Adrenalin and cortisol are two hormones which are often confused together because of the fact that they both evolve from the same adrenal glands. Also, when mentioning one hormone, it almost never goes without mentioning the other which results in the two components often walking hand in hand. Yet, these two hormones are quite different from each other and yield different properties altogether.
What is adrenalin?
Adrenalin, also known as epinephrine, can be best described as a hormone that is produced by the adrenal glands which found directly above the kidneys of animals and human beings. It is an essential hormone which is produced in high stress or exhilarating situations which as a result stimulates the heart-rate, contracts blood vessels, dilates air passages which results in allowing more oxygen in to the lungs which in turn increases a person’s physical performance and provides the amount of energy necessary in coping with unexpected situations.....
What is cortisol?
Cortisol, also called as the corticosteroid hormone, is a hormone which is better known as the « stress hormone » and is released specifically by the adrenal gland throughout the day of which the production increases drastically during highly stressful situations. It has some positive impacts on the body such as help reduce inflammation, increasing short-term memory, help the liver remove toxins from the body and also in that the sodium amount in the body is put to good use.

Cortisol also has negative impacts on the body such as raising blood pressure, lowering bone density, reducing immune response and have an effect on blood serum levels of glucose and reduces serotonin which results in that person being highly agitated and anxious as a result.

....one can say that adrenalin while providing the body with the necessary components that is necessary in reacting according to the situation, cortisol does that too in its own way. And yet, while adrenalin is not known to have an adverse effect on the body whereas cortisol does in fact, react in a harmful way."

From:
http://www.wikidifference.com/differ...-and-cortisol/


So, no. Adrenalin is not bad for you. It is long term stressful situations (such as work) that are bad for your health




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[raaaid]

oh then love would be bad

i dont feel any stress playing, i only did once after 600 hours to get a world record racing which i finally got, oh man was that crazy

a high heart beat at rest with a pleasent feeling is worth the damage if so

the feeling i get playing is no different the feeling i got paragliding

[=CfC= Father Ted]

Originally Posted by raaaid

the feeling i get playing is no different the feeling i got paragliding

Yes, but the difference is that you are physically doing something with paragliding. Adrenalin/cortisol production is part of the "fight or flight" reaction - your body is being subconsciously prepared for extreme physical activity.

What we commonly call "stress" is associated with being put in a situation which causes the body to get ready for action, but doesn't allow any physical outlet. Sitting in front of the PC and getting wound up by a game fits that description, to my mind.

Also, you have to be wary when talking about "stress" in this context. In physiological terms stress means making the body work harder - exercising, being too hot or cold, high or low air pressure, and so on - not necessarily things which make us anxious, or "stressed".