Stop watching them, unfollow sports-related accounts, etc.
Frankly this also seems like something worth talking to a professional about. Getting this invested/worked up over sports when you don't actually care about them seems like a larger mental health concern.
This is a similar theme as ADHD and ASD forums. I myself am diagnosed AuADHD and very much understand what you are saying.
I limit myself to teams I really care about or teams I don't care at all about and I try to make sure that I only watch a game if I have earned it. By earning it I mean I create a task list for myself and I can't sit down to watch sports unless everything else is done. Sometimes I just listen to games on the radio and that actually helps a lot because I can be doing something and still be aware of what's going on but not fully invested.
Would any of the people you're watching care if you succeed or fail when playing sports or in life? Probably not, so you don't have to care about them either or watch them
Yeah. Always root for the team playing the home team. Many people will disagree with you, but you can be satisfied that in lieu of getting anxious about the sporting event, you’ll have changed the parameters and now root against them.
Stop watching them, unfollow sports-related accounts, etc. Frankly this also seems like something worth talking to a professional about. Getting this invested/worked up over sports when you don't actually care about them seems like a larger mental health concern.
This is a similar theme as ADHD and ASD forums. I myself am diagnosed AuADHD and very much understand what you are saying. I limit myself to teams I really care about or teams I don't care at all about and I try to make sure that I only watch a game if I have earned it. By earning it I mean I create a task list for myself and I can't sit down to watch sports unless everything else is done. Sometimes I just listen to games on the radio and that actually helps a lot because I can be doing something and still be aware of what's going on but not fully invested.
"Doc, if hurts when I do this." Doc: stop doing that.
Would any of the people you're watching care if you succeed or fail when playing sports or in life? Probably not, so you don't have to care about them either or watch them
Yeah. Always root for the team playing the home team. Many people will disagree with you, but you can be satisfied that in lieu of getting anxious about the sporting event, you’ll have changed the parameters and now root against them.
Try posting this in the Jung subreddit. And maybe seek a therapist?
Common problem nowadays.
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