Who's the bad guy here?

For the past 6 or 7 years, one of my OCD obsessions was about fictional characters. I would get attracted to any fictional character that looks good, is intelligent, etc, and I will ACT like that person.

The problem is that in grade 10, I was attracted to only the bad fictional characters, ie those that bully other people, say bad things, and all that.

So I started acting like a bad person. And for a while, I alienated myself from two of my close friends, although we got better later on.

I'm better now, because I don't get obsessed with fictional characters anymore. I'm my own person, and I do my best to act like a good person.

I told my therapist all of this yesterday. She told me that I need to stop being so hard on myself, as I still think I'm a bad person at times. She told me that, in a way, I was a victim too, of OCD.

Who's the bad guy?

Hi Minster -

Obsessing over fictional characters can be OCD, but assimilating attributes of those characters and expressing them in real life as a part of OCD is new to me.

Did your therapist explain to you how OCD is functioning in these obsessions, especially as they were affecting how you acted in real life?

I am glad you are doing better. I hope the therapy helped. I'm not sure what you mean by "Who's the bad guy?". Maybe someone can speak to this.

Otter.

Funny you mention that, because I do the same thing with sometimes acting like characters on TV shows that I really like.