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WubbaLubbaDubDub said:
I've been reflecting on my recent experiences after talking to my therapist over the past few weeks, and I've come to realize that I may have gone a bit overboard with following sports. I wanted to share this to raise a bit of awareness about the impact it can have.

Between September and February, I was fully immersed in American Football. During that same period, the 2023 World Cup was happening. When football ended in February, I jumped straight into following the NBA, especially rooting for the NY Knicks. Then, the IPL began and seemed to go on forever, followed immediately by the Cricket World Cup!

I really pushed myself too hard by trying to keep up with so much sports, and after India won the World Cup, I felt completely drained. I tried to watch the first game of MLC, but I was just so exhausted. Sports depression is real, especially as a fan, and I’ve come to terms with the fact that I overdid it.

Right now, I have no motivation left for cricket, and that’s been tough to accept. I even tried watching a game or two, but it just didn’t feel the same. I think I was scared to admit it to myself because I worried that if I lost interest in cricket, I’d lose motivation to even come to my PC—the one constant in my life since 2008 when I first joined, more than any home I've had in India or the USA.

I do know what to do and that is take myself away from cricket, atleast for a while. I never thought I would say this ever in life because being born in India, all I ever knew was cricket. I am hoping in future I can get into it, but for now I am here to talk anything as obviously one cannot stay away too long from home and family and PC has been one.

Unfortunately that would mean, I will not be able to fulfil my promise of releasing a cricket simulator. Another thing I was afraid to say out loud. Sorry and love to all who supported.
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Something similar happened to me when I was 12. I watched cricket all day long (old matches that took place when I wasn't even born. Thanks to Covid-19 for providing me with lots of free time), talked about it with my friends every time I got the chance, watched analysts talk about cricket, watched NBA and Football and UFC, everything at the same time.

I did this for approx. 6-7 months. I watched and talked about sports 12-12.5 hours per day.
Eventually I got so sick of sports that even the thought of sports (cricket especially) made me want to puke. It made me feel sick.
So, I stopped watching almost all sports for 4.5-5 years. I only got to know who won the finals or something from my classmates that too I only asked them after I had quit following sports for about 3 years (as I had somewhat overcome the "burn out" within the 3 years)

Now that I feel that I have completely recovered from that phase, I have started to follow Cricket and Football again this year onwards.
It seems like I have missed a lot. it's time to catch up with all that I have missed.
 
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