Obsession for a person.

I think obsession and OCD are two different things. I know a guy who came to me with his problem of Obsession .. He is obsessed with a girl, he said he doesn't love her but he is obsessed .. He likes to talk to her, thinks about her all the time, can't ignore her, fulfill her needs, and even possessive about her .. He thinks that he doesn't love her because he loves someone else... He uses 'Undoing defense mechanism' which in Freud's theory, usually OCD people use it. He doesn't have such problem before, i mean no past obsessions of any object/ person .. Its been two years he met this girl ..

What do you think? Is it OCD or jst an obsession? If its an obsession, how to deal with it?

Hey Abyssal,

Erm.. I don't know. I am like this guy you mention. I can become quite obsessive about people not objects but people. I really don't know how to answer your question. But I know what you mean. When I am ill I will become this obsessive/possessive person but when I am well I am fine. I am fine at the moment hence being able to see where you are coming from.

Sorry if this doesn't help

When you are sick you got obsessed .. that's quite weird .. isn't it?

When I become Manic I get obsessive but when I am depressed I don't have those thoughts

Ignore the question .. if its personal, Are you bipolar?

Yes I am BP Type1

Hm.... I think its OCD. Wow, i never realized this and as i read the comments I really didnt know the answer but now that i think of it im sure its OCD. How am i sure? Well i have OCD, or atleast I think i do.. i haven't been diagnosed but ive researched and i can surely relate. Anyways, I realized I too have an obsession with people. Usually girls.. When i see a gorgeous girl I become obsessed. I dont love them I don't hate them. I just want to look at their pictures, know what they're doing and thinking.
I know its not just obsession because i think with obsession you WANT to i guess "stalk" the person, but with OCD it feels like its something you have to do.
Most of the time i dont really WANT to obsess with them. I just do it apathetically... which means it is my OCD.. not just an obsession.
Since this guy loves his girlfriend im sure he doesnt want to continue this obsession, he probably just does it because its a ritual to follow, somethin he just needs to do.

hope i wasnt too confusing....

I have figured out I have an obsessive attachment disorder with an email friend - someone I admire greatly because of his occupational prestige. I have no romantic interest in this person. I am cycling through elation, shame over being so out of his league, , anxiety, determination that this has to stop, the vow to stop and then intense despair, grieving and basically, being devastated.... needing medication to chill out. I couldn't function the first attempt i made to end my connection - I fell apart. I got my communication going again - but am now back where I started . It's alittle less intense as before - but still, this sucks. This is a new trip for me.