do you have an obsessive personality?

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i have an obsessive personality. i become obsessed with something, and i milk it for everything it's worth. it could be a max martin song or a monet painting or even the particular personality of someone i meet. anything. i chew it over until i extract every possible thing good from it and figure out exactly everything that i think about it that draws me to it. i don't let it go until i can't get anything else from it.

is this an infj thing? do you relate to this?
 
I feel the same way. Most of the time I listen to a single song on a loop until I'm tired of it, occasionally I'll watch movies or read books the same way. When I become interested in a topic I research it to death. I think I have 20+ tabs open on learning photography right now. I don't really know anyone else who behaves that way.

I draw a line at obsessing over people though, it creeps me out and I'd hate to violate anyone's privacy.
 
kita said:
I draw a line at obsessing over people though, it creeps me out and I'd hate to violate anyone's privacy.
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once i worked with this guy in a bar. he was a dancer, a stage performer. he showed me some attention and i became really interested in him. i never considered following him around or hacking his emails or anything remotely like that. but i did google him. and i did think about the things he said to me. a lot. i wouldn't ever have wanted to intrude on him. i don't think something like that could ever happen to me again, i have way too much self esteem for that now. and it seems weird in retrospect. but i think it was OK for what it was, at that time.
 
I tend to behave like this as well.

As for me I'm currently at 6 tabs of personality types, but I used to do the same for - weird stuff - F1 track histories, football formations and tactics, or even my university subject macroeconomics.

I also have the 'music loop' thing.

I think it has to do with the Ni somehow, not just the INFJ in particular, because a very good friend of mine, an INTJ does the same on other subjects and music as well.
 
kita said:
I feel the same way. Most of the time I listen to a single song on a loop until I'm tired of it, occasionally I'll watch movies or read books the same way. When I become interested in a topic I research it to death. I think I have 20+ tabs open on learning photography right now. I don't really know anyone else who behaves that way.

I draw a line at obsessing over people though, it creeps me out and I'd hate to violate anyone's privacy.
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I do all of this too!

For me, it's a combination of Twilight, American Sign Langauage,Whispering Videos, and MBTI.
 
Yeah, I'm doomed with the rest of you on this also. :D
 
I do this also...

Edit: Okay so this is the INFJ typology section I'd also add that Dove does this too. Probably on a lesser scale than I do, but it's awesome to find someone who understands it, and when you both find an obssession you share... oh boy!
 
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I..kinda do. I obviously will when it's something I enjoy, and I almost force myself to be when it's something I don't enjoy so much but know I should do it, normally once you get started though you do get into a good rhythm.
 
invisible said:
i have an obsessive personality. i become obsessed with something, and i milk it for everything it's worth. it could be a max martin song or a monet painting or even the particular personality of someone i meet. anything. i chew it over until i extract every possible thing good from it and figure out exactly everything that i think about it that draws me to it. i don't let it go until i can't get anything else from it.

is this an infj thing? do you relate to this?
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My family always said I was obsessive. To me, it wasnt about obsession, I just liked to try new things, and when I did I wanted to do them well. I cant just learn how to play a song, I must MASTER it and perform it. I cant just learn how to paint, I must become a pro, and submit my work to contests, otherwise, whats the point? I hate half ass-ing anything typically. When I read a new book I like, I read it 3 times over, and spend days analyzing every angle of the plot, I must digest it and assimilate the volume into my being, so it becomes a part of me.

And for that, people would say "oh god, hes obessessing again"
 
I'm obsessed with having neat writing.

Sometimes when doing homework I will erase or start over until my writing meets my high standards. Yes, I use a straight edge when I need to underline something :nerd:
 
I do those kinds of things too, but in my case it isn’t obsessiveness — it’s a combination of hyperfocus and self-stimulating behavior that results from my ADHD-PI.

And as [MENTION=3501]Neuropedia[/MENTION] said, it’s likely also a part of every human being’s behavior to some degree.


cheers,
Ian
 
Yeah, all of this stuff happens with me. Then people ask me "What's wrong" all the time when I'm sitting there just obsessing about something.
 
With certain things - like music, I'll listen to a new album over and over until it's ingrained in my brain. With writing I obsess over it, but that's mostly wanting to get better. I'm a perfectionist which, I suppose, means I have to obsess to care enough :)
 
Sometimes I get wrapped up in small details. I kid about being obsessive but I am probably not far from normal. I can let stuff go.
 
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