How do I stop having hatecrushes? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 18, 2009 - 31 answers

Have you ever experienced obsessive thinking about somebody, or about yourself (note: not OCD!)? How did you deal with it? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 27, 2009 - 16 answers

Litfilter: Obsession [more inside]
posted by sundri on Jul 23, 2009 - 30 answers

Obsessiveness Filter: I fixate on and plan obsessively about moving to new (specific) places, and I'd like to know why. Here's the situation: I have mild depression with anxiety and take medication for it which helps a lot. However, periodically I do something that I find odd and that I can't find specific references to in information about OCD, depression or anxiety. I pick a place that I might vaguely like to move to, and become obsessed with planning every detail about it. [more inside]
posted by supercoollady on Apr 28, 2009 - 21 answers

I've reached my goal weight. Now, please help me stay sane with diet and nutrition. Sorry this is long. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 21, 2008 - 11 answers

Help me help my wife. She has a crush. More like an obsession. With a pair of boots. [more inside]
posted by purephase on Oct 23, 2008 - 25 answers

How do I get out of the habit of becoming rapidly infatuated with women I am interested in? [more inside]
posted by The Eponymous Pseudonymous Rex on Sep 13, 2008 - 13 answers

I'm obsessed with sex. I think about it constantly. How can I make it stop? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 18, 2008 - 35 answers

I'm thinking of a term to describe a causation related to taboos. [more inside]
posted by jalebi on May 7, 2008 - 11 answers

Help me get past a crushing infatuation... [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 9, 2007 - 7 answers

Suggest some 'love' songs with an uneasy obsessional edge to them? [more inside]
posted by Firas on Aug 22, 2007 - 103 answers

BostonFilter: Opera singer on jewelry poster. Who is it? [more inside]
posted by jdfan on May 8, 2007 - 11 answers

Name-That-Synth-Filter: Help me identify the monophonic synthesizer used on "Dracula's Wedding", from the Outkast album The Love Below. Samples inside... [more inside]
posted by sluggo on Dec 13, 2005 - 9 answers

I think I might be overly loyal to my employer. In fact, every employer I have had. [more inside]
posted by Kickstart70 on Sep 30, 2005 - 13 answers

Any time I'm not with or in contact with this person, I start to get antsy. I can't stop thinking about the person and find it hard to do anything but go into some kind of wait mode or worse yet, try to get in touch even if I know the person's busy. I already know that I need to learn to calm down and do other things. I just want to know how. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 12, 2005 - 16 answers