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Erisad
More like Erihappy, amirite?
Phoenix


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Age: 23
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't think I have an obsession. I have interests in the same way that NTs do. Confused
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eirenemarie
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Joined: Feb 12, 2011
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

where to start so many obsessions.
Architecture, Art,Anything camouflage,Books,Cookbooks,Marbles,Rocks,Street Lights and Signs,Cooking and Photography
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bigdaddy95
Hummingbird
Hummingbird


Joined: Jul 03, 2008
Age: 18
Posts: 18
Location: Southport

PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't really have an obsession, but my key interest is writing. I hardly talk about it though, as I never think anyone my age will be interested. Sad
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DenaCR
Butterfly
Butterfly


Joined: Apr 18, 2011
Age: 31
Posts: 12
Location: Champaign, Illinois

PostPosted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I enjoy languages, computers, and cats.
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shadoeslayer
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Joined: Apr 16, 2011
Age: 23
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My main obsessions (which drive my WHOLE family nuts) are Numbers, different languages and how they compare to English, War and why people start them, and pointing out/correcting other people's grammatical errors. I USED to be obsessed with electronics, but after taking many of them apart and not being able to fix them, I gave up on that.
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anneurysm
Who needs birds when you have Lena Dunham.
Phoenix


Joined: Mar 26, 2008
Age: 25
Posts: 1885
Location: Barrie & Toronto, Canada

PostPosted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 9:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a few VERY weird ones right now, although I only talk to my mom about them, and even then, I dont bring them up very often.
It's funny how I've learned to hide them so well.

* My crush, a psychonaut hippie pothead who I had a fling with a while ago.
* Many people fixations...the people I mentor for one. Another is an autistic guy who is having a lot of difficulties. Yet another is a guy with very likely AS who is addicted to painkillers.
* Experimental electronic music - downtempo, glitch-hop, chillwave, idm, ambient. Think Boards of Canada.
* The Emergency Alert System, nuclear war, disasters, etc (this one I've had for a few years)
* Group homes in the area. I have a huge map of them with dots labelling each one. I have no idea why I do this...perhaps it's because my sister is in one.
* Marijuana and studying/comparing my effects with it to other's accounts.
* Animal rights...often related to meat processing and treatment during the process. I know, it's sadistic and gross.
* The Maury Show, Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos. (I watch them every day. They are my guilty pleasures.)
* Meditation therapy
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VMSmith
a figment of my own imagination
Phoenix


Joined: Apr 18, 2011
Age: 21
Posts: 2676
Location: the old country

PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i think reading is too broad to be called an obsession but i did read non stop and what ever specific obsessions i've had have been facilitated but that. in the past i've had herbs and pagan religions as my main obsessions and these have carried on till now. minor obsessions have been graphology, astrology, astronomy, japanese, drugs, toilets, geology, esp, cats, comics and other stuff. if feminism can be considered an obsession then that too is a major thing.
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SPKx
Toucan
Toucan


Joined: Nov 05, 2010
Age: 31
Posts: 281
Location: Toronto, Ontario

PostPosted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm obsessed about movies.
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RonWren
Blue Jay
Blue Jay


Joined: Mar 27, 2011
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PostPosted: Mon May 02, 2011 9:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Let's see.... In the early stages of my life, I was obsessed over trains, legos, and dinosaurs.
Around 12 years, I was obsessed with Star Wars, Harry Potter, Legos, and Robots.
At 14 years, Star Wars was replaced with Japan.
Now I'm obsessed with Japan, robots, Harry Potter, Hogwarts Castle, and a speacial someone (I'm no stalker, we're in a relationship! Smile )
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Burzum
Indeed
Phoenix


Joined: Apr 27, 2011
Posts: 1205

PostPosted: Tue May 03, 2011 2:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

When I was younger it was trains, dinosaurs and ancient warfare (mainly ancient Roman warfare).

These days it's computer programming, economics (Austrian School), and Scandinavian countries and their music.
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MissConflict
Hummingbird
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Joined: May 02, 2011
Posts: 18
Location: Tucson, AZ

PostPosted: Wed May 04, 2011 7:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not sure I'm obsessed with them now but when I was younger studying animals, pets, dogs and anything related to nature. I preferred reading true storied over untrue stories in school. You would find me in non-fiction section in the library.
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LittleShamrock
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Joined: May 11, 2011
Age: 16
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Location: Sweden

PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 5:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Oh dear, it's been an innumerable lot, can't remember all of them ^^'...but the strongest one probably is my obsession with the British isles, really, everything about the UK and Ireland (there is no worse anglophile than me, I tell you) Wink It's been there almost my entire life, and sometimes the members of my family get really tired of me connecting everything with it Razz But I mean, I don't mind, it gives me joy and is practically part of my lifestyle now...and others usually just think it's funny and interesting Smile (at least at first)

Other obsessions apart from that have been less persistent, but I've had times when I haven't been able to stop thinking about for example Harry Potter, special kinds of music( I play the same songs over and over and over, sometimes up to 10 times a day, and never get enough), psychology(I love psychology, as my favourite occupation is analyzing stuff ;D), languages(still have that one, very much so, mainly because I have unbelievably easy to learn them), different TV-series( at the moment BBC's Sherlock, it's nothing short of wonderful), books, writing stories(almost every day) and so on...well, but I don't think it's all bad. Of course it's frustrating sometimes when you can't get something out of your head although you want to, or can't practice these obsessions(and of course, when everyone around you is sick hearing about it but you just want to talk and talk and talk forever Razzp), but still, I get a lot of great things and entertainment out of it, and it's part of who I am :>
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Sweetleaf
Metalhead
Phoenix


Joined: Jan 07, 2011
Age: 23
Posts: 14828
Location: Somewhere in Colorado

PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 11:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well when I was a child I was pretty obsessed with cats for a while....and also just animals in general but mostly cats. I was also obsessed with reading up until I was 16 it was pretty much my favorite activity(but yeah that's gone due to PTSD). But now I'm really intrested in music, psychology, cannabis(facts about it, laws about it, whats wrong with it being illegal ect.) and I also research other drugs quite a bit.
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nikoa
Snowy Owl
Snowy Owl


Joined: Apr 21, 2011
Posts: 150
Location: Macedonia

PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2011 5:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have always have obsession, I didn't see near anything, only my obsession. When i was little kid, 4 years old first i was obsessed with painting flowers and face, next my obsession was make house plan interior, next when i was 12 years old i was obsesse with order in numbers, next were crosswords, near whole life I've read lot of books, i don't stop read , neither eat when i read interesting book, sometimes even whole night, and i can read book very fast and remember everything in it, .....before 5 years ago i was obsesse with answering questions in yahoo answers, i really tough that is head site, ... i discovery that I'm aspie before 4 weeks ago, before 2 weeks is diagnosed, and i read lot of about it, i non stop have my asperger in mind.
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