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Hope

I need a new interest, something to get engrossed in, that involves facts. I need to get so obsessed that it overshadows my horrible anxieties. An absorbing special interest is probably the best anxiety cure for myself that I can think of. When I used to have obsessions, in the Titanic, for instance, I had fewer anxieties.

What things are you interested in? What do you find absorbing and why?

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  • The Imp of the Perverse said:

    I notice no-one has suggested anything to do with facts which is what Hope is looking for. I know this might sound boring but have you ever thought about trying to understand something's history? A lot of self-directed intense people make local history their special interest...I am totally absorbed in agricultural history, which must sound deathly dull to others but it can take in peasant life, diet, clothing, everyday technology, prices for essentials; farming implements, animals, crops; tensions between landlord and tenants; rural riots, famines, music, ballads; larger events like climate changes, extreme weather events; the list is endless. I don't really live in the 21st century (says he typing on a laptop) but somewhere in the eighteenth century. 

    Now if only they could make a computer game about it...

    Yep I agree, history is interesting. It adds context and gives further understanding of ourselves. It could be argued that it is essential for both the present and the future.

    I wonder what makes an interest become more than just a casual  interest?

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  • The Imp of the Perverse said:

    I notice no-one has suggested anything to do with facts which is what Hope is looking for. I know this might sound boring but have you ever thought about trying to understand something's history? A lot of self-directed intense people make local history their special interest...I am totally absorbed in agricultural history, which must sound deathly dull to others but it can take in peasant life, diet, clothing, everyday technology, prices for essentials; farming implements, animals, crops; tensions between landlord and tenants; rural riots, famines, music, ballads; larger events like climate changes, extreme weather events; the list is endless. I don't really live in the 21st century (says he typing on a laptop) but somewhere in the eighteenth century. 

    Now if only they could make a computer game about it...

    Yep I agree, history is interesting. It adds context and gives further understanding of ourselves. It could be argued that it is essential for both the present and the future.

    I wonder what makes an interest become more than just a casual  interest?

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