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Old 22-07-2008, 06:45 PM   #1
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Healthy obsessions?

OK.. So... I have a problem with obsessions and was wondering if anyone had any idea for healthy obsessions (if there is such a thing?!) I could try..?



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Old 22-07-2008, 08:10 PM   #2
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Ok for obsessions I mean sort of becomming obsessed about people, latching on and things, instead of OCD things (though i guess its similar.)
I'm borderline and i think its a symptom, but i tend to fall madly for one person or thing and it becomes an obsession (for instance only being able to eat one type of food, then the next day i hate it) I want to try and break it and not become obsessed with a friend i can feel myself getting obsessed with, so i want to try to find something more healthy which will mean neither of us get hurt, which usually happens.



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Old 22-07-2008, 10:15 PM   #3
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No I cant tell her, if i tell her she will leave and the whole reason i want to stop it before it gets out of control is so she doesnt leave. dealing with reasons comes in time.. i'm looking for shortcuts.



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Old 22-07-2008, 10:24 PM   #4
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yes but i dont know how to work out a strategy and i cant afford to lose her right now. shes the only connection ive made recently and i need to keep her around. i just need to somehow find something else to divert my attention enough so that i dont become obsessed. i just cant think of anything.



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Old 23-07-2008, 04:05 PM   #5
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Crazy Rabbit Lady said some really good things that i agree with (badly worded sentence, sorry. i'm stupid today). the attachment to certain people sounds like a BPD symptom that i've seen a lot of before. it can be helpful to get a good therapist with whom you can work on your attachment difficulties with. usually the people you attach to will remind you in some ways of people from past years, and maybe you attach to those parts of new people in order to help yourself (on an unconscious level) have a different experience. i'm not explaining well. for example, if you felt hurt or abandoned by someone as a child, and then you meet someone who, on some level, reminds you of this past person, you might unconsciously be trying to get a different experience of the past person in this "new" person so you'll feel better about it.

that might not be what's going on for you at all! it's just i've seen it happen before, a lot. and i've experienced that too. it takes some work but it can get better. xxx

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Old 23-07-2008, 04:27 PM   #6
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nods i think i understand.. on reflection i think it might be kinda too late anyway, im already getting hurt when she ignores me. sigh. i only see my therapist once a month atm, which isnt working at all but i cant get it together enough to tell them that. so instead i post stupid threads on message boards i guess



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