Is it normal to obsess over a celebrity?

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I am a teenager and I have an obsession with Jessie J. When I say I am obsessed, I mean it! I have her tweets sent to my phone, Everything on twitter is sent to my phone. I have posters on my wall. Over 100 different pictures of her face. I can draw her really well from memory. I know every word to every song. I buy every newspaper and magazine she is on the front of that I can afford and the interviews and posters go on my wall. I f she is on the T.V I have to watch it. Usually twice. I stay up all night and get an american friend to live stream me the T.V shows she is on in America that are not broadcast in the U.K. I tweet her everyday. I cry when she cries, laugh when she laughs and get annoyed at the things she is annoyed at. I think about her at least 5 times a day. When ever her song comes on I grin and HAVE to mime along to it. It has got to the point where all my friends and family inform me of her whereabouts. I have never seen her live, though am in 2 weeks t the Isle Of Wight Festival and I am so exited it's unreal! I almost fainted when the wristbands were announced to be sent out! She sung me happy birthday and I downloaded it to my phone and set it as my ringtone, I have watched it over 50 times. She tweeted me and added me as a friend on youtube and I wouldn't shut up about it for weeks. I have a lot of dreams about her, some sexual some not and I could honestly marry her. My obsession has been like this for 2 years now! Everyone in my family says my obsession is unhealthy but it makes me happy keeps me calm, cheers me up when I'm sad and gives me things to look forward to that never let me down I can see no problem with it but I need to know IIN? Is anyone else like this?

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  • Aliifreak
    11 years ago

    It's pretty normal to me, I was as obsessed with Gerard Way when I was 13 :P When you're a teenager, you have a need to identify yourself to something, to fit in, and that's why lots of people come to be obsessed with a band or a celebrity :) It's just a phase though, you'll get over it eventually xD My obsession over MCR lasted a year and a half approximately.

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    • KeddersPrincess
      11 years ago

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA, such a coincidence because I'm obsessed with him NOW!!!!!! Only...I'm not a teenager.

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      • Aliifreak
        11 years ago

        Haha nice xD Well I moved on lol, but omg you should've seen me back then XD I even knew his height and his favorite cigarette brand LOL

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        • KeddersPrincess
          11 years ago

          Yep; I know those things too, now. I think he smokes the same kind I used to smoke.

          When I was in high school it was Zac Efron (that lasted about 2 1/2 years). Then at the end of my senior year, it was a 1950's heartthrob named Ricky Nelson. Then, around this time last year it was Thomas Dekker (plays in the best horror b-movies. Ya gotta see them!) And since January it's been Gerard Way. I don't think theres anything wrong with developing infatuations with celebs, ya know. I think it the same as getting a crush on any other person. The only difference is, they're unattaibable.

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          • Aliifreak
            11 years ago

            Hahaha xD He smokes red Malboros.. Well recently I've been interested in some 1960's singer named Gilbert O'Sullivan, and now I obsess over the Beatles xD I don't think there's anything wrong with obsessing over celebs either. It's just a part of growing up I guess, like I said previously. :)

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            • KeddersPrincess
              11 years ago

              Yep, same kind I smoked...

              Haha:D You're obsessed over a 60's singer, I used to be obsessed over 50's singer Ricky Nelson. That's great!

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  • darnitjoan
    10 years ago

    It's a little over the top, but you're a teenager....teenagers are over the top haha

    Totally normal I say :) and somewhat adorable too lol

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  • peter5736
    11 years ago

    So long as you eventually grow out of it and don't start going round to her house!!

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  • mehwhatever
    11 years ago

    Eh, I think it's normal for a teenager, but not for an adult.

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  • Cuntsiclestick
    11 years ago

    I used to be the same way with a band called The Used.

    I see nothing wrong with this as long as you're not stalking her.

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    • KeddersPrincess
      11 years ago

      Please don't tell me you thought Bert McCracken was attractive!

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      • Cuntsiclestick
        11 years ago

        I did back in 2002-2004. He looks creepy now.

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  • smartpatrol11
    11 years ago

    I think its great with todays technology how easy it is to get info and pics on your favorite celebs plus you can have them on your wallpapers and have them with you always. My fav celeb atm is Rhiannon Fish from Home and Away she is just pure perfection and I wank over her picture sometimes

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  • tellmeimwrong
    11 years ago

    Well, this is quite extreme. I mean I'm not even a lonely guy and I love christi Paul, I mean I don't know why, or how but I love the woman, her voice gives me a euphoric feeling but man, no its not normal in your case.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Mnay people feel this way about someone famous... i don't see why it's not okay.. Just don't stalk her and your good.

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  • KeddersPrincess
    11 years ago

    Don't listen to these people. If she makes you happy, then it's fine :)

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  • Captain_Kegstand
    11 years ago

    This is completely not normal. Being a fan is okay, but obsession is bad. It will always end in disappointment!

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    • SomeWierdos
      11 years ago

      but i don expect anything from it, everything is just a major bonus, likeher tweeting me and singing me happy b-day. so how can i be dissappointed??

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    • KeddersPrincess
      11 years ago

      It never ends in disapointment for me :)

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      • Captain_Kegstand
        11 years ago

        Well then maybe you are just the lucky exception to the rule! :)

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  • ebulliance
    11 years ago

    At least there isn't vitriol about Jessie J everywhere and lies.

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    • SomeWierdos
      11 years ago

      oh theres a hell of alot of lies lol :P x

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  • KeddersPrincess
    11 years ago

    Welcome to the world of celebrity obsessions. I myself have survived several celeb obsessions for many many years. At the moment, I have over 2,000 photos of Thomas Dekker. I know where he lives, how to get there, I even found his phone number in the white pages, called it, and apparently it was an old number because I think his mom answered. Anyway, I always spend most of my time on the internet looking at the guys whom I obsess over. When I was obsessed with Ricky Nelson, I had spent over $700 of merchandise on him. When I was in high school, I was often teased for my indeniable love for Zac Efron, and currently, I cannot stop myself from adding picture after picture of Gerard Way on my computer, and of course, watching an endless amount of videos of him on you tube. I tend to fo from guy to guy every 1-2 and a half years. But, any who, bottom line is, you are not the only one who obsesses over celebrities, and infact, I'd say welcome to be my world. Some of us like the ones we can catch, and others, like you and me, just can't help but reach for something unattainable. I told this to someone yesterday who was in love with Justin Bieber, the odds of you being with her are slim to nothing. It's okay to fantasize, but don't hurt yourself over it, and chances are, you will move on before long. Don't listen to those above people. They never expereinced what we experience, and there is absolutatly nothing wrong with you. You can't help who you fall in love with! Take it from someone who DEFINATLY knows ;)

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    • la_la_la_la
      11 years ago

      Hiya,

      Glad to see someone thinks like me!

      It’s normal. I’ve had many. I am severely disabled, can hardly move and listening to various music/watching TV are 2 of the few things I can do to occupy myself without help.

      If whoever I’m into is worth listening to, my appreciation for them stays all my life. They also make me happy, cheer me up, and calm me down (not that I need that so much now) and when I’m in so much pain I’m nearly in tears, they’re the only thing that stops it. I look forward to listening to them as well as seeing them live.

      I’ve made good friends on the websites I use to check tour dates (there’d be no need to go on Twitter because I don’t use it myself). I’ve made functional art with lyrics on it; I’ve even been known to communicate in song lyrics/references (I only do this if the other person knows and likes the songs)

      I felt brilliant when I met one of my favourites and consider it to be one of the best nights of my life. I still talk about it now. I could just not see them live or listen to them, but why bother? My life is hard enough as it is. If I stopped doing both of those the only person I’d be hurting would be myself.

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  • zchristian
    11 years ago

    I have decided to nearly not be a fan of anything because they make fools off themself i mean come on going to see someone famous person and just standing there screaming like you where going to die isnt really going to do anything but make you look bad...

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  • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
    11 years ago

    Remember though...

    as much as you might love them... to them we're just another face in the crowd.

    If you stop paying attention to her, will it affect her? No. she won't give a fuck.
    So why is she so important to you?

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    • KeddersPrincess
      11 years ago

      Well, no one really chooses who you develope an infatuation for. It kind of just...happens. I don't know he's like me, but if he is, the fact that she doesn't give a fuck doesn't bother him. Infact, it's a lot easier becuase then you don't have to worry about the drama of a real relationship.

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      • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
        11 years ago

        but you DO have a choice in how you act over it.

        which also influences how strong it gets.
        if you feed it attention it will stay and grow

        but if you think to yourself "what good is this" and drop it, you'll eventually move on

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        • KeddersPrincess
          11 years ago

          I mean, not to be rude. I really do, but have you ever, like, developed one of these infatuations before? I mean, like a real one. My goodness, I gotta tell ya, I really wish it was that simple.

          It's like a drug. Almost like a need. When an obsession gets into your head (and right now we're speaking on celeb obsession) when this thing starts to take you over, you can't just say, I'm not gonna think about him, look at him. From the time it enters your mind, it then becomes a fight. Maybe with your innerself, maybe with the obsession itself, but it becomes a fight. You tell yourself, it's a phase and that it will go away, but you find yourself online (facebook,etc.) and than they voice that has been hiding in the back of your head all along tells you to just look at one picture, and it'll go away. You try to deny it, but you know you can't, and so you look at it. And then you need more of it. And then you move on to videos, more photos, websites, and before you know it you have over 2,000 photos of someone saved on a special file in you computer with their name on it. It's like a drug. I really is. You start to almost feel like can't go a day with out it, let alone, live without it. Lol, I know ths may be hard for you to understand, but fact is, you don't get over when you want to be over. It doesn't happen just like that. You have to wait it out. Eventaully, yes, it does pass. Often times because another infatuation has developed, but it's something that you just have to ride out.

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          • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
            11 years ago

            i had a crush. but i grew up and grew out of it.

            and yes you CAN push yourself out of it too. But you actually have to WANT to change.

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            • KeddersPrincess
              11 years ago

              I promise you, it's not that simple. It really just is not that simple. It's like the difference between catching a fever and having allergies. When you have allergies (which is like a simple crush in this analogy) you know it is something that will go away soon. But when you have fever, you know it's something that you have to sit through. In the beginning, it's just the sniffles and you tell yourself it's just allergies, but you can already feel that it's a fever, and it's gonna take long time and more than a few benendryls to get rid of it. I kid you not, everytime I develope these infatuations, I tell myself it's a phase, but I always know the truth. It stays in your mind. A simple crush is so easy to pass up; a quick phase. But a real infatuation... haha, I always think that I can end it quickly. I always think I can stop it, but I never can. I assure yo my friend, it really is not that simple.

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        • SomeWierdos
          11 years ago

          but its a coping thing, like self harm of drinking, obsessing clears my head kinda, somethin to fall back on to calm me down, makes me happier:)

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      • SomeWierdos
        11 years ago

        *her : i
        aam female lol :P

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    • SomeWierdos
      11 years ago

      Its like a stress/coping thing, because she doesnt know me, she will nevr turn round and say im not good enough i guess. I could live without this obsession completely but she's helped me through alot :L

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    For some strange reason I read this in a high pitched fast voice. I read about 3 sentences before I stopped. Obsession is NEVER normal.

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  • alv1592
    11 years ago

    I'm curious to read those stories Simon. :P

    Anyway, whether or not it's normal depends on some things. Do you literally stalk her, as in finding her address and other personal info? Do you ignore people you can actually have a relationship with just because of her? If yes, I'd say it's a problem. If not, I still don't know if it's normal, but it's not that bad. This kinda reminds me of a story I wrote recently, not about me but some other chik. It's titled "IIN to be obsessed?"

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    • SomeWierdos
      11 years ago

      No i don stalkk her, though if i lived near her, i may attempt to fin out where sh elives, No i dont ignore people, i have a girlriend haha :)

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    • KeddersPrincess
      11 years ago

      If this is the case, then I am not normal. (This is not the OP)

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  • dappled
    11 years ago

    I wrote an IIN post about her once. In my time here, I've only written posts about three people. Her, Justin Bieber and Tom Cruise.

    I wouldn't recommend reading any of them, though. :)

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  • Justsomejerk
    11 years ago

    Sorry OP I only got through 3 lines before voting not normal.

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