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Angua
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11 Sep 2014, 2:08 pm

Sorry if this has been asked before but I am new to the forums and have only just begun to realise that I could be on the spectrum as of a few weeks ago. What counts as an obsession? I have intense and unusual interests, but what turns an interest into an obsession? I have tried to google this but haven't found an answer to the question. Thank you!



LokiofSassgard
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12 Sep 2014, 6:40 am

Angua wrote:
Sorry if this has been asked before but I am new to the forums and have only just begun to realise that I could be on the spectrum as of a few weeks ago. What counts as an obsession? I have intense and unusual interests, but what turns an interest into an obsession? I have tried to google this but haven't found an answer to the question. Thank you!


An obsession is basically what it says. it's something you are obsessed with for a while until you move onto something else. If it's something you talk about constantly or feel you can't live without, it's considered an obsession. That's what I think for my obsessions anyway. Like, my obsession with Loki/Tom Hiddleston. This is an on and off obsession that seems to come and go for me a lot.


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Angua
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12 Sep 2014, 9:58 am

LokiofSassgard wrote:
Angua wrote:
Sorry if this has been asked before but I am new to the forums and have only just begun to realise that I could be on the spectrum as of a few weeks ago. What counts as an obsession? I have intense and unusual interests, but what turns an interest into an obsession? I have tried to google this but haven't found an answer to the question. Thank you!


An obsession is basically what it says. it's something you are obsessed with for a while until you move onto something else. If it's something you talk about constantly or feel you can't live without, it's considered an obsession. That's what I think for my obsessions anyway. Like, my obsession with Loki/Tom Hiddleston. This is an on and off obsession that seems to come and go for me a lot.


Thanks, Loki. I like your picture, by the way, it makes you seem very friendly.