people obsession

Hi there, does anyone else have obsessions about certain people that they meet in their lives? I have had OCD since I was a child, and many of my obsessions have been about people, whether real people in my life, or celebrities. They are very tormenting and hard for me to be around that person, just wondering if anyone else has these. I don't see much in the literature re: obsessions about people.. Thanks!

Hi nancymyers1212,

I'm so glad I found your post today. I have been suffering from OCD for the past 12 years and have had many obsessions. The very first one was an HIV/Aids obsession which I thought was the end of me and they were going to throw me into a loony bin but that was when I first got diagnosed. What a relief in a way that I wasn't going crazy! In the past 7 or 8 years I have had OCD about people. All of them have been people I know and most of them are male friends. I can definitely say I am 100% happily married to a fabulous wonderful man and have a beautiful 19 month old son with one more on the way. It is so hard getting the thoughts of people I know in my head. Its usually just their image/face and sometimes with their name going over and over. But as the vicious cycle begins, I try to justify why they are there and my OCD tells me things I don't want to hear, making me doubt why they are there (i.e. feelings for that particular person) when I know it is absolutely not true. But it is so real and like any thought causes so much anxiety and grief and depression. I too find it hard to be around the person at the time I have the thoughts and even when they have past as I am so frightened of the thought coming back. I hope my post sounds similar to what you are going through and I can be a support for you in any way.

Just assholes... I don't have problems with others...


For instance there was this one guy who thought I couldn't hear him tell me off under his breath when he turned away from me.

So not only did he expect me to do him favors, he quite literally stabbed me in the back before he got a few feet away from me.

Let's just say it turned into 5+ year pure hate relationship.



Well... on the internet, it's really easy for my brain to get locked into combat mode for a lack of a better term.

For instance, sometimes I'll find myself reloading pages for no reason, it's like my brain has slipped into overdrive and the gears get stuck.

As for obsession with celebrities, not really. I don't get obsessed with fame and fortune, in fact it's holds next to no value in my books.