[izzyfg2000]

I get obsessed with a lot of things. Like music. right now its the band Radiohead. I feel sad and anxious when I'm not listening to them. I'd kill to go to one of their concerts. There are songs stuck in my head by them. This happens all the time. Before it was the TV show Death Note, and before that even i was obsessed with music by the Gorillaz. I know it might sound dumb, but I become dependent on these things, and when im not around them, I get anxious. It's like a drug, and I feel sad when Im obsessed with this thing, but I feel even worse when I'm not. Does anyone else ever get like this, and if you do, how do you...get over it, for lack of a better word...

[sideblinded]

Hi izzyfg2000

I wish I could help you with this but I was thinking that this is more of an OCD issue so you might get more help if you posted this in that forum. Maybe someone will come along here in this forum and comment, I just don't know. I hope so. Best wishes.

[invisible silence]

Let me just say first that you have awesome music taste. lol.

But yes, I go through this often as well. For me, I tend to find shows or games that I will become totally obsessed with for a period of time before moving on to a different show or game. I feel like I need to do it. I don't know, maybe just to escape my every day thoughts and feelings. It can become kind of ridiculous, because I could have a million important things to do and feel like I don't have the time because I have to watch the show or play the game. I just can't pull myself away or it causes me a great amount of distress. A lot of the time, most of the time actually, I will have the show on in the background while I play the game. Even if I've watched the show over and over already, just having it in the background. Something about the familiarity and the noise makes me feel not so lonely. Even when I'm bored of the show or the game I will still do it just because I don't want to go through the effort of trying to think of something else to do, or even find a new show to watch or game to play. In fact, when I'm really deep into it I find doing anything but that can be very distressful... Until eventually I get so sick of it and depressed by it that I am forced to come out of it and do something else... like talk to other human beings. :/

Which is kind of where I'm at right now. Just spent the past couple weeks cycling between Skyrim and SimCity Societies, and Kitchen Nightmares and Orange is the New Black. I'm bored of them all and taking a break to try to actually do something constructive. I doubt it will last long though. My sister got me into watching Intervention the other day. That **** makes me cry like a baby, but I think it might be my next binge... ._.

[Troubled.One]

The number 9

[avlady]

there is a thing called music therapy, music is a good thing. i don't know if there really is too much of a good thing, but maybe that may be it. i love music too, i play the piano and taught it for awhile too. you should look into taking some music lessons like piano,flute or violin if possible for you. it is hard at the beginning but after awhile you get used to it. you don't have to be a virtuoso, just playing some little songs may help. its fun and not dangerous too.

[Troubled.One]

The tv show on the Travel Channel, called Ghost Adventures

[Troubled.One]

Also, I have recently been addicted to the Paris Catacombs, and I REALLY want to go there in the future, but I have no money and Im not even allowed to leave the house for any reason by myself (except for going to school in the morining, and checking the mail or taking the trash/recycling out., but i have to ask to do those things first. Also, if you have read my bio/profile, you'll know that I am afraid of flying in planes and that I live in Maryland which means that I would have to take a plane to get to Paris. lol life sucks.

[Troubled.One]

I have also been recently deeply interested in the legend of Philibert Aspairt.

I jump from one obsession to another. My last obsession was my guy friend who was 30 years older than me. I was secretly obsessed with the hidden meaning of everything he did or didn't say. When he froze me out I spent another four plus months analyzing why he may have did that and why he liked his girlfriend more than me. I still struggle with this but drawing, writing, and painting have helped me some.