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Originally Posted by Didgee Eeyou
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.
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So obsession don't have to be the "stereotypical ones", I go through obsessions not the ocd type, that will last for 1 week to a month long on the most random subjects, too many to name at the moment.
Also Ive had quite a few obsessions that have lasted since early childhood, they being: Animals primarily cats, weather/climate, history/science outside of school, peoples birthday's, music which I turned into a hobby, puzzles (no room to bo them though), glow sticks, and light up or flashing things that one buy's for say a fireworks show, fireworks, lazer lights and some types of fire, astromnomy/astrology; are just some of my obsessions.
And these aren't even impulsive or manic like obsessions that I know for sure. also i can relate to the not speaking or going places thing, 85=90% of my day I spend verbally silent, only talking in my head, and I don't go anywhere unless I need or want to, and I have to mentally prepear myself as I get overwhelmed, agitated and drained in social situations and crowed places.