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When sports obsession becomes relationship avoidance

My wife says I spend more time thinking about sports than our relationship and she's probably right but I don't know what else to think about.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Athletic consumption serves as emotional numbing that prevents engagement with more challenging interpersonal realities.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Sports — playing and watching?”

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