[ SECRET POST #3037 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3037 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I get the feeling that most people use the word obsession to mean pathological focus, or focus that is harmful.

I mean, look at the definition of the word: an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person's mind.

That it "intrudes" is the key -- because then it's disruptive and you're no longer in control anymore.

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DA

I get the feeling most people don't use it that way. When fans claim they're "obsessed" with something they usually mean they have an intense interest, not that they have intrusive thoughts or pathological focus on a random pairing.

The problem is that the real definition's been lost. Just like "literally"

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nayrt

This.

This is basically an argument of semantics. Pathological obsessive behavior is a very different thing to the colloquial "omg I'm so obsessed with XYZ right now!"

It sounds as though OP is conflating the response to the former with an experience of the latter.

[(Anonymous)]

Alot of people use "obsession" as hyperbole.

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly--it's like the colloquial "oh I'm so depressed about this" when you just feel down or upset about something. It doesn't mean the person has clinical depression.

[(Anonymous)]

Well, no. When people use literally, they're using it as a superlative, yes, but by doing so, going against the meaning of the word.

Obsession on the other hand, is used as hyperbole, with recognition of its meaning (I am so into this it's unhealthy!) and so the two aren't the same?