Most of my obsessions are normal or acceptable. I have three main ones, that have been with me since childhood. I also develop new ones, that are short in duration, quite regularly. These brief obsessions can be extreme, and even worse than my main ones. I'd love to break out of this, because it can really interfere with life. Sometimes, I will forget to eat and bathe. Yikes. I had one so bad a few months back, that I did not talk to anyone and leave my apartment for 2 weeks. I drank black coffee for six days, because I was "too busy" to walk (two blocks) to the local IGA for some table cream. During that time, I also lost some weight.

Note: What I experience is not mania or any other mental illness.

Does this happen to you Birdcrazy?

I have had three obsessions that were really bizarre. One was a person, and the other two were odd objects, that were pieces from everyday items. These really troubled me. I would often wonder if I was nuts or not. Suppressing them was extremely difficult.