#82 When Your Team Loses | Adam Dorsay, Psy.D. SuperPsyched Solo

Last week, I watched as my beloved San Francisco Giants lost in the final game of the Division Series to their rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers.

It was heartbreaking.

Afterward, I found myself thinking, “Why squander a heartbreak?” So, I decided to make an episode dedicated to the psychological principles that outline what happens when a person is a sports fan and their team loses.

And, while the content appears rather San Francisco-centric, the principles apply to any team you love!

This 15-minute solo episode is about the following: looking at being a sports fan and loss, some of the problems with our memory and biases as they pertain to being a fan, a plea to expand the definition of “winning,” and the types of thinking that can interfere with the enjoyment of watching and playing sports. As bonus, I share an answer to this question: why don’t we like watching sports when they’ve been pre-recorded? (The answer comes from Harvard professor, Dr. Daniel Gilbert, and I’m quite confident that it’s not the answer you expect!)

It's my hope and belief that you will come to appreciate being a sports fan in a new way after hearing this!