u/Icy_Combination1752

This is a bit embarrassing but I’d rather be honest and get some straightforward advice.
I came across a guy on Instagram who lives in the same city as me. I don’t know him at all and his account is private. He showed up in my suggestions I clicked out of curiosity and that was it at first.
But over the past few days I’ve caught myself going back to his profile, checking it repeatedly, looking at suggested accounts from his page and overthinking things based on basically no real information.
Part of me keeps thinking that if I just send a follow request, I’ll either lose interest or finally “get over it,” but another part of me thinks that might just make it worse.
So I guess my question is:
How do you actually stop this kind of fixation on someone you don’t even know? Do I just ignore it and cut off access completely or is it better to face it and move on that way?

Any blunt or honest advice is welcome.

This feels a little bit embarrassing to admit, but 1 am curious if anyone else has experienced something similar.
I came across this guy on Instagram. We live in the same city but I don't know him at all and his account is private.
He popped up in my suggestions so l opened his profile out of curiosity. I thought we might have mutual connections but there wasn't anything obvious.
At first | just looked at his profile once and moved on with my day. But somehow his account stayed in my mind and I ended up opening it again later. Over the last few days I've caught myself checking his profile more often, looking at the suggested accounts that appear when I open his page and overthinking very small details that probably don't mean much.
It's gotten to the point where I notice it doesn't really make me feel better afterwards.
Part of me feels like sending a follow request would
"resolve" the curiosity but I'm not sure if that would actually help or just make me more focused on it.
Has anyone dealt with something like this before getting mentally fixated on someone you don't really know? I'd really appreciate hearing what helped you break the cycle or stop checking.