Off Topic: Why do some of you do this

[harveybirdman]

I hate this about myself, but I literally cannot watch a game without coming completely unglued when the Falcons start getting outmatched. Chat can sometimes become out outlet to vent those frustrations. I imagine that others use the functionality with similar intent.

But like Peyton always says, if you let a football game wreck your life then you have some emotional problems or have some seriously misplaced priorities. Still at some point it becomes so much more than a game. Let's face it, for some of us life is hard. Not getting into specifics because that's all relative, but suffice to say football is a welcome distraction from many of life's problems.

Eventually your team becomes a microcosm of your life, and you want nothing more for them to succeed on the ultimate stage not unlike you want success for yourself. Any setback the team experiences and causes an unwelcome parity between one's own struggles therefore the frustration can become magnified.

I haven't watched more than at passing for the past two weeks, and it some respects it makes the weekend a bit more enjoyable. However I do miss watching the team, but I don't know what to do about next week. I know I'm going to get carried away again...