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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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  • I am interested in History, and did a degree on the subject. I am particularly interested in 'nostalgic' topics like how people used to live their lives at home in the past, particularly the mid 20th century. I think that nostalgia is a release from the present, it is secure, and home represents safety and comfort. I particularly like going to museums and looking at reconstructions of kitchens, dining and living rooms, from the past.

    However, while I am interested in History, and Philosophy too for that matter, it is currently not all absorbing. By all absorbing, I mean  being able to be so absorbed that you can block out everything else, even when you are not directly pursuing the topic. I used to be so obsessed with the Titanic, and then the actress Kate Winslet, that I could think about nothing else, and this lasted for  8 years. I appreciate that you cannot  magically get obsessed in something, and often an extreme interest has not been actively looked for, but takes you by surprise when you visit somewhere or read up about something. I would just like inspiration really.

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  • I am interested in History, and did a degree on the subject. I am particularly interested in 'nostalgic' topics like how people used to live their lives at home in the past, particularly the mid 20th century. I think that nostalgia is a release from the present, it is secure, and home represents safety and comfort. I particularly like going to museums and looking at reconstructions of kitchens, dining and living rooms, from the past.

    However, while I am interested in History, and Philosophy too for that matter, it is currently not all absorbing. By all absorbing, I mean  being able to be so absorbed that you can block out everything else, even when you are not directly pursuing the topic. I used to be so obsessed with the Titanic, and then the actress Kate Winslet, that I could think about nothing else, and this lasted for  8 years. I appreciate that you cannot  magically get obsessed in something, and often an extreme interest has not been actively looked for, but takes you by surprise when you visit somewhere or read up about something. I would just like inspiration really.

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