- Date posted
- Yesterday
Obsessive Need For Answers?
Hey y’all, I’m kind of curious if anyone else feels this way because I can’t quite phrase it in a way that can be easily searchable on Google. I feel pretty alone in it and figured I’d ask. The quickest way I can explain it is with House MD. In House MD, House is unable to leave things as they are. He has a very obsessive need for answers, and does quite literally anything to get them regardless of their moral implications. Similarly, I find that I struggle to “drop” certain topics unless I get an answer that I feel is concise and explains everything. I will go to great lengths to figure these things out, even if it feels invasive or bizarre. I hate this. This doesn’t just include questions like “does my family truly love me?”, or even “why did so and so call me picky? Picky in what exact way?” This can include things like learning about particular people as much as I can. High school, birthplace, even as far as to find out their address. I’ve taken friends’ phones to search my name in messages, and have looked through people’s various social medias to find random usernames they tend to go by. I feel as if I must figure people out by knowing things about them. I’m not entirely sure what drives me to do this other than a strong curiosity, but ultimately I feel disgusted by it. Despite this, I can’t stop myself. It feels compulsive, like I must do it. The questions linger in my head and make me feel sick if I don’t. Today, this extended to something unprecedented. I discovered random, honestly unimportant files on people I deem interesting, and found myself unable to stop myself from digging through them. I left feeling disgusted, not only because I did this bizarre and invasive thing, but because I still felt dissatisfied with what I found. The information I saw kept playing in my head over and over like a recording, I’m disturbed. I’m not sure how to stop, and am very confused and irritated by this.