I still enjoy going to games and I think I always will. It doesn't mean that I don't get childishly moody at times when we lose but I can wash it off quickly enough.
I think, for me, it's because I've always reminded myself that it is, after all, a game; a piece of entertainment. I enjoy it like I enjoy going to the cinema or going to watch a play. I don't invest anymore of my emotions into it than I do with those things.
I guess for me, winning the league wasn't a peak, it was just a brilliant experience. Did I think I'd feel that again? No, but then the FA Cup win happened with Chilwell being denied that last minute equaliser... another climax in another narrative arc. I'm certain there will be others but patience is required and I suppose I'm just okay with waiting.
Maybe that answers my inability to get so panicked by our form. I don't think we'll go down but if we do, so what? Yes, for me, I want us to be playing in the top flight for years to come and I don't think going down will be a good thing in any way shape or form but it won't be the end of anything other than this top-flight journey. There will be others in time.
I think as we get older we become more apathetic towards some things because they have a different effect on us, and it's much, much easier to blame the thing than it is to become somewhat introspective. Priorities change; partners, children, new jobs etc... all come into our lives and we begin to see the world around us with views afresh. For me, this has led to a different relationship with sport but I still enjoy it, just not in the same way.