Is there some sort of disease where you obsess too much?

and no, i don't mean OCD.





it seems that the only thing i am good at is having OBSESSIONS. outrageous devoted obsessions.





all my life I can remember having at least one thing I obsessed over.





when i was in elementary school it was dogs. I knew every breed, had toy dogs, loved them, had 3 dog encyclopedias that i read like every week.





when i was in middle school i discovered a band called "good charlotte" and i became obsessed with them and billy martin. not just a normal teen crush. I knew his favorite color, his tattoos, i read everything i could about him and learned it. I bought magazines just for him and kept shoeboxes full of everything that mentioned his name.





I am over sentimental and nostalgic. If i read a book that i love, I will love it to tears. I will read it 15 times and cry every time. I will beg beg beg my friends to read it and pray pray pray that they are moved to the extent that i am by it. of course they aren't because i am outrageous, but it hurts me that -c-

Is there some sort of disease where you obsess too much?
Not really. It's just the search for identity based on the delusion that you are somehow separate from the universe. This acute feeling of separation creates the need to latch onto and hoard/collect things so as to feel more secure in the sense of belonging that this brings.





The problem is that this is not a path to fullfillment, but like all obsessions, it only feeds into a void that can never be filled.





Once you realize (in your heart not merely as an intellectual idea) that you are connected to all things in subtle yet significant ways, you will not have the need to act obsessively.





All the best to you in your journey.
Reply:"Obsession" IS the term - I don't think it would be considered a disease, but if it's interfering with living a normal life, I'm sure a qualified mental health professional can offer relief, either through talking or medication.
Reply:No,I don't think you have a disease, you just need balance everyone and living organism need BALANCE. If you put that kind of energy into God and Yourself, you will be unstoppable!!!





All the things you mentioned you obsessed over is material faise driven things out side of your dogs!!! Realize PUT YOUR obsessive energy into yourself only, you will benefit greatly if you do this.





Therapy never hurts, It helps us to understand ourselves more, realize where we are in life and where we are heading.
Reply:I'm not sure how old you are but I used to be this way when I was a teenager. I would obsess over people I knew. I was basically a stalker but don't tell anyone. There was this one particular guy and he was kinda married but I wasn't obsessed in a sexual way, weird I know. I couldn't help it, I just HAD to be around him, and know where he was. But I grew out of that when I hit about 19 and ever since then I've yet to obsessed over anything. If you're young maybe you'll be in my boat and grow out of it. If you're not... sorry to have you to read all this.
Reply:Read about obssessive/compulsive disorder. There is treatment for it, it's not easy, and it's long term. You're young and learning how to treat and control your OCD would benefit you for the rest of your life, and, trust me on this, your friends and family will thank you hugely for getting treatment!
Reply:I think the problem is not in 'obsessions', it's in your over sensibility. Actually, I wouldn't call it a problem at all. The fact that your 'obsessions' change means nothing more than a developing character or it reflects changes of your life.


For example, as a child you loved dogs. Well, most kids love animals and dream of them and keep bringing them home, beg parents to buy one... or two... It was a normal occurence and only because you are so sensible, it turned out to be obsession for you. Such will come and go and probably each time you'll think that this is the most important thing in your life and then it'll change. As I said, I can't see the problm here.


However, you will suffer in your life as most people are calmer and less sensible. That's why they don't understand how you can cry reading a book. Pity, you can't change that. I am too unsensible and no matter what happens I'm not disturbed by it (although, maybe I should be). You can't change yourself. The only thing you could do is try to react less intensively, not to show people all your emotions. So you'll be sheltered from their misunderstanting and criticism.
Reply:It seems you are just a very passionate person. Try to take your obsessions and put them to something good. You are the kind of person who can change the world, if you are passionate about the right things.

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