What is/are your obsession/s?

Hi, I like this thread. From me nothing niche or original - aliens, Erich von Daniken and his ancient alien theory which sounds logic to me. I also love creating, houses, dollhouses, building houses of lego duple, in the past there was sewing doll clothes and also trams. As a kid I used to draw tram line schemes with schedules in my own imagined cities and floor plans. I had a file full of them but unfortunately destroyed them all because I believed my hobbies were wrong - git laughed at because of them and literally told they are obsessions. Now I wpuld pay gold if a fairy gave them back to me. And one of my obsessions was also Russian to the point that ative Russian speakers didn't recognise im not one of them. My only friend laughed that I could be Putin's tutor. That obsession lasted around 10 years. Quite recently I was also morbidly obsessed with autism itself to the point of feeling sick of it. Decided that I have to stop it and done successfully. That was my therapist who gave me a homework to learn more about autism.

I'm quite unusual in that I don't have any obssessions, but I do have some very strong interests, such as medieval history, pre-history, spirituality and religious stuff, current and ancient. I also love reading, gardening and walking with my dog.

TheCatWoman said:

I'm quite unusual in that I don't have any obssessions, but I do have some very strong interests

Where does the distinction lie?

Ok, so just to chuck another in the pot.  Did you know that recording and logging data is tons of fun?  Probably should have taken up train spotting.....

My hobbies and background are electronics and have quite a bit of test kit.  All of the kit I bought has features that can log the data so you can transfer it to a PC.

I bought a temperature sensor for my meter and wanted to try that out and the logging features, so popped them both in the 'hobby room' and left it for a whole day.  Got the data over to the PC and graphed it.  Managed to prove the room temperature goes down at night and back up in the day.  What a revelation!  I might pass the findings onto the New Scientist magazine for review

Recently I've been doing a blood pressure diary as it's a bit high.  Checked 3 times a day and logged on a spreadsheet.  It's good ***.

Just bought a Garmin watch which is even more data (wife sighs) sleep scores, pulse, blood oxygen, stress level......

Must go as some nice young men in their clean white coats are knocking the door

I think you're right - it's a question of extent and that red line is probably different for different people (and their partners!)

For example, for me, ignoring family responsibilities would be a red line for me, indicating I probs need to let it go or back off a bit, but as I've been very much into self acceptance for some time, I'm going to say it's a quality and sometimes excellent skill with some risks that may need managing.

Part of it, for me, I think all them time.  Always have, all day every day and love to be 'fully engaged' in something.

I think you're right - it's a question of extent and that red line is probably different for different people (and their partners!)

For example, for me, ignoring family responsibilities would be a red line for me, indicating I probs need to let it go or back off a bit, but as I've been very much into self acceptance for some time, I'm going to say it's a quality and sometimes excellent skill with some risks that may need managing.

Part of it, for me, I think all them time.  Always have, all day every day and love to be 'fully engaged' in something.