I'm obsessed with the characters in a tv show.

It all started around two years ago, when this programme started on ITV1. I didn't want to watch it at first, but my family nearly always has that channel turned on, so I settled down to see what it was like.
After the first series had finished I couldn't help but think about it constantly. So at first it was just my love for the show itself.
But then, when the second series aired a year later, I found myself intrigued by certain people in the show, and how they reacted with the other characters. There were two people that I liked in particular. [For the reason that it's going to be hard for me to explain if I don't tell you the names, their names are Abby & Connor.]
I found that I wanted them to be a couple so bad in the show, that I started thinking up my own version of the programme where they'd somehow fall for eachother in dramatic ways.
After the second series finished, I spent every waking moment thinking about them. I wrote fanfiction, I read fanfiction, I browsed for icons and photo's, interviews and spoilers for series 3, incase the producers decided to get them together at last.
And now that series 3 is on air, I still do that, even though i'm sure the producers have decided to get them together in this series. I know how obsessed I am, yet I cant stop this feeling that I need them to be together. My mates are sick of me talking about it, my family think I'm mad for watching the repeats of the episodes over & over again.
Please, can someone tell me if this is normal?

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  • zEropoint

    What you're doing is normal. I'm a trekkie and I write fanfiction and put people together as couples I'd like to see. It's like a grown up version of playing with Legos, except instead of building with blocks to see what works, you're building with words and ideas.

    What's going to get you into trouble is if you can't put it down long enough to have a conversation about anything else. That's unhealthy, and I think you realize that.

    Do this... sit for a while and imagine a whole different story. Different characters, different setting, different everything. You have to admit, all your creative efforts are going towards building on *someone else's* ideas, not your own. See what happens when you set out specifically to write *your own* story. And set a limit, say, three pages, just so you don't feel overwhelmed by it.

    This is an opportunity to turn a craft you've essentially been practicing with other people's ideas into something you can benefit from yourself. There are tons of examples of fanfic writers getting recognized and brought on to other shows as writers. But the people who are looking for writers are going to need to know that you can write on your own without borrowing from other people.

    But whatever you do, keep writing and reading. I firmly believe that all human literary endeavors, from the epic novel to the back of a cerial box, adds to the substance of the universe in a very unique and special way.

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  • glitterydreams

    are you talking about primeval?

    yeah, I had the same except with nick and claudia.

    I used to constantly change my obsessions over t.v programs and female celebrities (obsession in an admiration sort of way) because I didn't realise I was actually suffering from depression because I was so unhappy and tired of my real life and would put myself into these programmes or imagine myself as the character. The fact that I would sit in all day on the computer reading fanfiction and daydreaming about my obsessions made the reality of my life even worse.

    The best thing to do, is still have interest in it but recognize why you might be so absorbed in this 'alternate' reality, which is basically what it is. Unfortunately, obsessions are unhealthy and are seen as bad in our society. So try to find out why you are so obsessed and then not hide it, but slowly take yourself away from the computer/tv and soon, like I have done, you will probably find yourself not interested as much.

    good luck! and, whenever I find myself taking too much of an interest in a program/book/film etc. everytime I go to think about it I text or call a friend and ask them how they are and talk about anything else. it really works!!!

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  • busybee24

    i am so obssessed with peyton from one tree hill and im not that sure why. i think she is amazing and beautiful, but i love the idea of her. i don't know if this is normal to be infatuated with a fictional character but.. um yeh. i think its pretty normal to have infatuations but they usually die down after a while.

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  • lwinnchick

    you probably just see yourself in one of the characters, and really relate to the show. that's OK, just tone it down around others.

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  • b7stevensummer

    It is in the realms of being normal, if you don't get carried away and take it too far. When I was young I had a lot of problems, particularly with the education system. I retreated profoundly deeply into an imaginary world, of sci fi series Blake's 7. I went to the very edge, and it was dangerous. Being insane and thinking you were Blake's 7 was utterly bloody fantastic, better than being james Bond or Elvis or a Beatle. But I would not advise doing what I did. The story is told on the blakes7obsession website.

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  • lannie365

    Dr. Spencer Ried. From Criminal mins. As freaky as it sounds. But I cant help it. He is just way to cute.

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    • Howelingwatcher

      Same

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  • bacoon

    I'm obsessed with Shane from " the L word "

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  • GIR101

    IDK WAT 2 SAY, but i'm just saying that this is also happening to me. I'm obsessed with a stupid show. I mean, it's normal, i guess?!?!?!?

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    • Legion

      I like Invader zim as well, its so silly and hillarious. i especially like gir and the tallests, as well as gaz.

      I'm not "obsessed" with it though. (I'm obsessed with another show though)

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  • courtney890

    I know exactly how you feel. I don't know if you'll read...it's been a while since you posted, but I had to share my own story. I am obsessed with two characters and I absolutely love them to death. I feel like they are meant to be together. The difference between your story and mine is that your characters probably ended up together. My characters were on that path - everyone loved them too. And then the writers decided not to go with it. It absolutely has broken my heart to pieces. I am feeling so sad about it. I make a wish every day that they will one day get a chance to be together. Nothing compares to the scenes they had together and I can't get my mind around all this. I'm just so pissed at these writers for not taking the opportunity to create an amazing couple that had fans before they even met. :( I know this isn't normal. But I don't think I'll ever stop wishing for this. It would honestly make my life complete if one day I read a spoiler that said they would get together.

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  • Nushki

    i think that's a little bit too into a show, jus careful u don end up following the actual actors and keep it to the obsession with the fiction and u should be in the "normalish" zone

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  • snufflebunny

    I am in love with Marco off of Degrassi. He is gay. I am not.

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  • smilypoo

    Try Too Find Something You Love More, And Obsess Over Both, Then You Get Sick Of Obsessing Over Both And Lke Them Both But Arnt As Obsessed With Them [; x
    %%u2665

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  • Nightshade11

    Don't worry, hon. It's normal. I'm the same way about the characters from the Japanese animations Hellsing and Trinity Blood. I daydream about them all the time, do fanart, make icons, etc. I've even established my own fictional universe using the same characters, but in different relationships and circumstances than the originals.

    So yeah... You're definitely not alone. :)

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