Definition Essay On Obsession

How do you view obsession?. Organized? Cleanly? Alarming? Maybe one of the many ways you’ve heard it used in everyday life comes to mind. Someone referring to their love of a song or food. Perhaps you get a creepy feeling when you hear the word, because we know being obsessed with one specific thing or person can be alarming and unhealthy. Although it’s the way it’s most often used obsession does not always refer to being obsessed with a specific person or item. Personally, obsessive has been a way of life. I heard many comments about my obsessing over something, but for a long time I couldn’t honestly comprehend my obsessive tendencies. I never viewed myself as obsessive because I believed it referred to an interest in one particular topic

Additionally, from my experience I've seen obsessive and addictive grouped together, but they are not the same in my case nor many others. Although in both cases the person can’t control their tendencies, it still affects those who have them differently. Obsessive comes with a lot of confusion, anger and fear. Confusion about how others can’t see the specific way things need to be done and don’t understand the way you see it. Anger of knowing your ways are non beneficial and sometimes unhealthy, but not being able to stop or change them. Fear is what feeds the obsessiveness most, fear of negative consequences. Whether that means illness, failure or anxiety. It is either an impending doom that hangs over your head or a helpful tool to keep you

I am obsessive about cleaning and organizing things because I feel the need for things to be this way, but I am not addicted to the result I get when it’s done. Frequently obsessive and addictive tendencies can come as a combination making it hard to separately identify the two. Making many people see them as the same. A lot of people share a general consensus that a big difference between obsession and addiction is pleasure. People who have addictive personality may be driven to do certain actions because they feel those actions will benefit them in someway. While obsessive actions tend to come from a place of fear. Fear that not doing these certain acts will result in negative consequences, even when you understand they will not benefit you. I believe both personality types come with their own set of challenges, but hearing people talk about them as if they were the same can be difficult when you have experience and understand the effects one can have on your life. Having an obsessive personality can be very misunderstood. I hear people, usually those who are relatively the same age as me, overuse the word obsessed, whether about a specific television show, movie or their favorite actor. Usually a superficial topic, but obsessiveness can be a serious