Moaning and complaining is good for your blood pressure.

I suppose they're likened to " creaking gates " particularly if their moans are about health problems as they're more likely to get their " moans " seen to and sorted rather than those who don't moan and keep things to themselves.

I have a good moan, every time the news comes on, makes me feel great. My family however would disagree.

I'm not much of a moaner makes me feel depressed and I am always working on that.

Is that the Hank Marvin who used to be in the Shadows?

I would take that with a pinch of salt, especially if it is the Mirror but of course your not supposed to have too much salt either if you have high blood pressure

Career change?

Drinking lager at 9:45am, Oldbatty? You could at least wait until it's time for Elevenses!

Sometimes it's good to moan and get things off your chest, other times it's just frustrating and makes you feel worse, I think.

A good old moan yes as you need to get it off your chest, but not actually losing your temper because that would send your bp sky high!

Yes I would agree with the prof - better out than in

No wonder my blood pressure is normal despite a horrendous year! Keep on complaining everyone

My BP's up and down like a fiddlers elbow----best not to worry too much about it though as panic would cause it to rise even more.

EllanVannin same here it has been sky high and low enough for me to pass out, or to have a moment of altered awareness as nicely put by the neurologist...

I hope it would be practised in an empty room otherwise you might increase that of those who have to listen. Also you might have to share the lager!

I have a neighbour who comes into mine several times a day (if she can) specifically to moan.
She always thanks me afterwards for listening, but these last few days I have said I need some time to myself.
Now I'm worried because I can see she is just spending almost all of her time in bed.
Time to open the door and let the moaning commence, I think.

Dh and I only allow ourselves, and predominantly the other one of us to moan on a Wednesday. It started as a joke when we noticed that we were spending the first half-hour after work moaning about things we either couldn't or had no intention of trying to do anything about, every single day!

We soon discovered that most of that kind of moan aren't worth remembering from Thursday until next Wednesday and that some aren't even worth holding on to from Tuesday to Wednesday. It has made life so much more pleasant NOT moaning about the weather etc. every day.

A genuine complaint can be taken up on any day of the week,

Professor Hank suggests you put a limit on your neighbours moaning, Miss A. 15 minutes maximum and that moaning can be done whilst on a brisk walk.

Nothing to moan about here and my bp is 118/70, totally healthy.
It's all subjective. If you polled 10,000 professors from around the world, There would be thousands of opposing/ differing opinions so I take their spiel with a HUGE dose of salt.

There was a fad for positive thinking a few years back? Whatever happened to it?
I don't call it moaning but do it all the time. I suppose it makes me feel better if there's anyone to listen.

Sometimes its reasonable to moan.
It has to be the right person though.
They need to agree with you (without seeming smug) join in, and then jolly you along a bit with some black humour.

That would explain why my DH's blood pressure is lower than mine then!

It is a wellknown British trait; most of us do it and we enjoy it (though we are unlikely to admit that).

My OH is a constant moaner, and it certainly does no good for my blood pressure, even though I have mastered the art of selective deafness.

Do you have to moan to another person or can you just mutter your moanings out loud to yourself or to thin air? I think I'm quite good at that, but it probably doesn't count!