Is it normal that i'm obsessed with a guy i never dated

Ok so I have this problem that is really started to effect my self esteem, my daily living and just totally evading My thoughts and this is probably something I need professional help with but Maybe not.

My problem is im obsessed with a guy I never dated. We almost did but we didn't and I know the reasons why I'm obsessed with him might not necessarily have to do with him but he was a target and I clinged on to him. Ok some background information is that we had a fling for a about two months and he ended it because I was really reserved and i wasn't affection or really showed any response to anything he did I just keep to myself. After when he ended it I was devasted I realized how much I liked him and he's all I can think about even sense. I idolized him through the whole thing and was totally oblivious to my behaviour was a problem. Even when he kinda told me I brushed it off..It's been about 7 months and I'm still constantly checking his social media websites constantly thinking about him constantly beating myself up and constantly crying. I was in the process of moving on tho it was getting better but after I found out he got a gf it started the cycle all other this time but worst I think im not totally gone crazy on social media but I think he can tell that I'm a little upset about his new gf and he probably things im crazy Cuz it's been so long sense. When he doesn't know that I'm atcually having a break down and that its so bad that my holding everything in started leaking alittle cuz if I was only a bit upset I wouldn't post anything at all. I don't want this to go on for another 7 months or who knows how long it's very painful.

I deleted his number his texts everything that reminds me of him but it's still not working. The reason why I said I don't think its really about him is I think I have issues with abandonant and wanting people to love me while I push them away because I got that from my mother.

When I was a kid my mom would beat my dad and my oldest sister servely. She even stopped sending her to school at one point. My dad was mulipulative too and if I did something bad he would make me feel not normal and hit me for it and I was only a kid. My mom made us believe my dad was the devil and my dad never lefted my mom even though she only really ever beat my oldest sister and my dad. She was on drugs and have a mental disorder as well as depression as well with being a alcoholic. I never really had anyone and while the post is not about that I think it really affected my love life.

She would tell us that she doesn't want us to date because she doesn't want us to get hurt and that all boys will hurt you. I was very young at the time when she started doing this. I wasn't allowed to watch kissing on tv but she allowed us to watch horror movies. Also she told me to not get pregnant ever because then boys would leave me Cuz my body would be full of stretch marks. I never ever was pregnant but I got stretch marks from growing to fast and I refuse to let a guy see me naked. I never felt I could show my love to my mom Cuz she would expect us to love her no matter what she does and I think I picked up that trait. I think I expect to be able to not give myself away in a relationship but I expect the guy to do it for me anyways Cuz I'm clingy in my own self I just don't show it.

I don't allow ppl in that easily but when I do I get super attached to the point where I question if it's normal. I don't think it should take 7+ months to get over a guy that u were kinda sorta seeing for two months that hardly did anything for u. And I really wanna get over him so I can move on with my life and not feel so regretful, stupid and sad and crazy all the time. Is it normal to be still like a guy this long when u weren't really anything? Is it normal to obsesed with him? How can I get over this?

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Based on 19 votes (11 yes)
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  • chole

    Then do something about it. We understand you've reflected heavily, linked it to your past, predicted a miserable future, yada yada, some deep investigation.

    People are offering advice and you keep beating yourself up over it as if you missed the train to happiness and was left to take the forever-alone-until-death-do-us-part train instead.

    Take the advice. It seems as if you are lonely and desperately reaching out to a cut-off connection.

    A solution to loneliness would simply be to find someone to spend your time with and get to know each other. Even the grandma next door.

    Honestly, did you feel some satisfaction in playing the wretched victim of cruel and fleeting love? The tragic heroine love never understood and gave a fair chance to? Or even secretly became pleased to resign yourself to the fate as an one-sided lover who will remain loyal to this man until ________________.

    If you could finish that sentence without much thought, my advice's chance of helping you decreased by almost half. Almost.

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    • I did write something far more offence but I deleted it because I'm gonna be a adult here and you said something that atcually made sense. I wasn't denying any advice I was given only from that one guy and he basically didn't even gave me advice he told me I'm a stalker. And everyone is telling me to tell him how I feel but I wasn't aware or not if they forgot the fact that he has a gf. I can't really do that and maybe I can but that could come with a lot of consequences. I'm not trying to act desperate I am desperate. I've became obsessed with this and it hurts all the time if I wanted to feel like this I wouldn't have asked for advice or deleted everything that reminds me of him like I clearly stated im not just moping around im trying to get over him. Ppl are just telling me to tell him how I feel but In my question it says

      "How do I get over this?" No one answered that question and that's what I wanted answered.

      You said it seems like you're lonley and desperately reaching out to a cut off connection. You're probably the meanest person here but I think with just that u made me see clearer then the other ppl who replied. I think I am doing that. Why I am is beyond me and you're right I guess I could try to find a different man but I wanna convice to MYSELF that Im a victim in a one sided love and it does give me fulfilment atcually because now that I think about it makes me fill the void of love not being returned and it kinda makes me feel it makes up for the mistakes I did to ruin it in the first place. And I never thought about it like that.

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      • chole

        My bad for making you feel offended. Anyhow, I am glad I helped you realise something.

        In the end, you don't have to rip open the void of love again but gradually replace your band-aid of one-sided love with a full on stitching and eventually it will heal.

        That simply means to spend some time with the grandma next door who might even introduce you to her grandson when he's in town. Try to open up to someone, small steps, just don't force yourself or let anyone unfairly pressure you though.

        Right, go for the healthy relationships.

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  • RoseIsabella

    Maybe you have Borderline personality disorder? Checkout the book I Hate You, Don't Leave Me, and see if any of that stuff sounds familiar.

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    • I just looked up borderline personality and some of it sounds like me but I never read in detail to know if it's what I have or not

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      • RoseIsabella

        Only a mental health professional can diagnose you.

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  • reminiscent

    Id mostly tell you to see a theripist to sort out your abandonment issues.
    Its not good to be this hung up on someone ):

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    • Yeah I know and I really can't afford a therapist. I'm living on my own

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      • reminiscent

        Insurance cant help ?
        Maybe some sort of support group with others?

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  • Arm0se

    Hugs are good. Have a friend give you one.

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  • Terence_the_viking

    Yeah it's normal.

    This is how stalking begins.

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    • You're a ignorant asshole. This isn't all about him I just wanted someone to care about me Cuz I still to this day don't know what that feels like and he filled that void a bit. Stalking is not normal and you know it and I don't stalk him I just stalk him on fb which a lot of girls do and I know that for a fact I just don't know if they do it for someone they probably shouldn't care so much about. So take your sarcastic comment and shove it up your ass

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      • Terence_the_viking

        you don't stalk him but you stalk him on face book?

        ok that doesn't count as stalking then my bad.

        i know it's not all about him it's all about you.

        Obsession is unhealthy and you should either tell him how you feel or be prepared to be miserable.

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        • It's not that it's not stalking but I think that it's considered normal at least for girls my age and your don't think I know that? That's why this time around its so bad because I regret and I constantly beat up myself for not telling him how I feel Cuz I know I was unreasonable and I think if I told him that I wanted to work it out that he would be down for it and that's what makes it harder. I waited too long. He's now In a relationship. And don't tell me that it's my fualt and I should accept to be miserable because I already know it's my fualt but I don't think I deserve to be this unhappy anymore

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          • Terence_the_viking

            You know you are just pissing in the wind. If you don't want to be miserable go out and do something about it. Just to clarify I didn't say you deserve to be miserable I said prepared to be.

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      • TareBear20

        Are you two friends on Facebook and still talk at least on occasion? Checking his wall constantly would be considered stalking, most definitely, especially if he's not even on your friend list. That just means you're typing his name into the search bar all the time and that is incredibly unhealthy. You owe it to yourself to move on before you become sick.

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        • I atcually do have him on fb and I unfollowed his post so when I want to see if he post anything new I will look up his name which kinda ruins the reasoning with unfollowing post I know I just don't wanna be surprised when it happens I prepare for it mentally just im case I see something I do not wanna see

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  • Arm0se

    Love sure is a bitch when they don't love you back ain't it? You should try again. But if it doesn't work trust me: find someone who cares about you. Don't keep chasing this guy if is not gonna go anywhere.

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    • Try what again?

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      • reminiscent

        Try love again...move on to a new guy.
        dont get hung up on the same person...

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        • I never chased him. I kept all my feelings to myself and how crazy I was about him. So I'll never know and Ya it's driving me insane

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          • Arm0se

            Oh... well, I kind of meant try going after this guy and telling him how you feel, THEN moving on if it doesn't work out.

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            • I know I should have. I beat myself up for that a lot.. But he head a gf just recently now. I don't know how she would react to me telling him that. Like what would I say "hey now that you got yourself a gf I think it's time for me to tell you the truth about my feelings." Im so dumb for waiting this long

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            • reminiscent

              I agree if you haven't told him at all. Try letting him know... if its ano from him then move on

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