To get obsessed so easily?

[Ansumpasty]

This is more of an ‘am I being abnormal’ rather than unreasonable. Just seeing if anyone can relate!

All my life I’ve felt things very strongly and get easily obsessed with things. If I liked a boy in school, he’d be all I thought about, etc. I loved the circus as a child and would go all the time and sob when it left and dream of running away and joining them, etc.
As an adult, I find myself getting obsessed with things/people/places more than others do. I will watch a series on Netflix and become obsessed with it, often watching everything my favourite character is in, researching things about it and feeling really upset when it’s finished or a character dies. I’ve had the death of a character upset me so much that it’s literally ruined my evening and been on my mind for days.

I’ve read books set in specific places/countries and then have to read others set in the same place, research the country and plan on visiting, etc.

There’s a place I go on holiday to quite regularly that I feel this strongly about. I feel upset to the point of tears when we have to leave, bring silly things like rocks I find there home and watch any programme etc about it.
I’m ‘normal’ in every other way, with a happy marriage and children and nice friends. Just wondering if anyone else feels this strongly about silly things and has these adult obsessions?
What do you get attached to?

@boopsy we are separated at birth I swear! 😂

Through looking up my crush's family on FB I managed to find his personal profile on there!

I am exactly the same. When I am into anything, I live, eat and breathe it then get over it and obsess about something else. I once got into chicken keeping and incubating eggs. I was obsessed....ended up with 67 of them. Then moved onto Ducks....had six of those. I was obsessed with breadmaking, tried making every loaf ever created, then moved onto something else. I was obsessed with gardening and growing things from seed for about 6 months and could think of nothing else.
As for the actor thing, I'm exactly the same.I will read up on them, watch everything they've been in, books about them etc. I watched A street cat named Bob On Friday, really enjoyed it, then had to read the book, then google James Bowen and read about what he is doing. Apparently now worth £500k. I've often wondered whether I have aspergers.

Yup sounds like me too. Maybe we're a tad OCD?! Rather be this way than not have any interests

Gosh yes to low grade mourning. I really get that.

I don't think you can be 'a tad ocd' though. I always want to pick up on comments like that just because I have 2 friends with OCD and it is the most crippling, life-ruining illness. It can be hugely distressing. Being obsessive isn't the same as having OCD. I know you wouldn't have meant anything by that comment but OCD needs to be better understood.

I understand but I have first hand experience of OCD as have been brought up with father like it all my life. I completely see how debilitating it can be. But why can I not assume that I have OCD in a 'lesser' more 'softer' form?!

I could have written your OP. When Arthur died in Camelot I actually mourned him!

I have OCD though and I think maybe it causes a pattern of obsessive behaviour throughout my life.

I have actually often wondered if I have aspergers as I do seem to have some traits of it and struggle with certain things.

No you can but I've never seen anyone with experience of OCD describe themselves as 'a tad ocd.' It's a phrase I'd associate with people who think that because they're anal about cleaning they can make jokes about having it. It's different if you genuinely have it - you can then describe it however you like.

I think that's a big assumption to make.

Yes OCD can be used 'loosely' and in jest but it also a condition that often goes undiagnosed. Based on my 40+ years of personal experience with an OCD father I know that I personally have undiagnosed OCD but it's not as life affecting as his.

I used the term 'tad' here to not offend anybody in my assumption but I guess I was wrong 😳

I’m sure you didn’t offend anyone, @looneymoons