THIS IS ME!
I am an adult (late 20's), not in school, have a VERY good Social Life, have a Fiancee, a good job and co workers etc. and this has been my life for about 15 years now. I have had MANY obsessions over the years. I can honestly say some of them get better, some of them get worse, and some stay the same. I can say as I've gotten older I have become more accustomed to my obsessions and better at avoiding the depression they bring. For instance the old show Carrie Diaries on CW, I CANNOT watch it anymore because even just the first episode and I can feel the depression set in. I just force myself to make plan for a couple days or do something else whenever I feel the urge to watch it. After a whole it floats to the back of my mind and I am OK. However lately it's been Movies, and its sooo hard because I won't know it's going to make me obsessed until it's too late. I was off of work yesterday and I watched the same 2 movies twice in one day. It even effects my relationship a little, I didn't want my fiancee to watch with me because then it felt more like "mine" so I went to bed early to finish it alone. I then spend 2 hours researching the characters and it almost comes to the point of stalking them on Social Media, adding all of their accounts to my own etc. I've now gone 12 hours since I watched it and it's ALL that I can think about. I'm at work where my brain is supposed to be occupied with work stuff but it's literally in my head every second. I think for me its the fantasy of it, not necessarily me relating to the characters but instead wishing I could be a certain character so that I can be closer to my infatuation. It's usually boys that drag me in to be honest, and then I just want more and more so I seek out other things that they might be in. It's HORRIBLE and I do NOT know how to make it stop. :(
Obsessed with TV shows/books/movies?
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THIS IS ME!
I am an adult (late 20's), not in school, have a VERY good Social Life, have a Fiancee, a good job and co workers etc. and this has been my life for about 15 years now. I have had MANY obsessions over the years. I can honestly say some of them get better, some of them get worse, and some stay the same. I can say as I've gotten older I have become more accustomed to my obsessions and better at avoiding the depression they bring. For instance the old show Carrie Diaries on CW, I CANNOT watch it anymore because even just the first episode and I can feel the depression set in. I just force myself to make plan for a couple days or do something else whenever I feel the urge to watch it. After a whole it floats to the back of my mind and I am OK. However lately it's been Movies, and its sooo hard because I won't know it's going to make me obsessed until it's too late. I was off of work yesterday and I watched the same 2 movies twice in one day. It even effects my relationship a little, I didn't want my fiancee to watch with me because then it felt more like "mine" so I went to bed early to finish it alone. I then spend 2 hours researching the characters and it almost comes to the point of stalking them on Social Media, adding all of their accounts to my own etc. I've now gone 12 hours since I watched it and it's ALL that I can think about. I'm at work where my brain is supposed to be occupied with work stuff but it's literally in my head every second. I think for me its the fantasy of it, not necessarily me relating to the characters but instead wishing I could be a certain character so that I can be closer to my infatuation. It's usually boys that drag me in to be honest, and then I just want more and more so I seek out other things that they might be in. It's HORRIBLE and I do NOT know how to make it stop. :(