[hey12334]

Hey!
So the thing is I have a very obsessive personality. I get obsessed over one thing like crazy. It ranges from a topic, a celebrity or even a guy I like. But whatever it is I cannot seem to stop thinking about it. If it is a topic i will research like crazy, read up on it, watch videos and suddenly it dies down. This lasts at most a month or maybe more. But it surely does die down. Usually I do become obsessed with the same topic again too. If it is a guy I like, I will not stop talking about him, spend every little amount of time I have with him and basically act like a crazy stalker. But the guy usually becomes interested as well and then after a while it just goes away. I find that very same guy disgusting. Sometimes I gt obsessed over a game. Its like to end one obsession I will adapt another adn this chain just continues.

This has effected my social life, my career choices and a lot more things. I try to control it but the obsession is too much for me to push down.

[Skeezyks]

Hello hey: I see this is your first post here on PC. So... welcome to PsychCentral! I hope you find PC to be of benefit.

There is a forum, here on PC, dedicated to the topic of OCD. Here's a link:

https://forums.psychcentral.com/ocd-...chotillomania/

I'm not a mental health professional. And I can't tell you if what you are experiencing is in fact OCD. This is something that would have to be determined by a mental health professional. However here are links to 5 articles, from PsychCentral's archives, on the subject including a quiz you can take to help you determine if you should seek professional mental health treatment for the condition:

Living with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Tips on Tolerating Uncertainty

What OCD Feels Like: Being Absolutely Uncertain

Living Every Day with OCD | Full Heart, Empty Arms

https://psychcentral.com/quizzes/ocd-quiz/

My best wishes to you...

[WishfulThinker66]

I too get passionately attached to things, and ideas. It hasn't progressed to people but I certainly obsess over a great deal in my life. I am learning that some of this arises from perfectionism It has been an interesting road to realising, assessing, and responding to that which so often drives me. It is a work in progress.