OCD????
I’m honestly kind of embarrassed to even post this, but I’m wondering if anyone else has dealt with something similar.
I’ve developed what feels like an unhealthy obsession/hyperfixation on a celebrity and I genuinely do not want these thoughts anymore. It’s not even that I think they’re unbelievably attractive or that I realistically want anything from them — my brain just seems to latch onto them obsessively. What triggers me the most is seeing updates, edits, or things about their girlfriend/relationship, and it sends me into a spiral of jealousy, comparison, intrusive thoughts, and compulsive checking.
The weird part is that it actually started getting better over the last month, but anytime something new pops up online it suddenly feels intense all over again. I’ve struggled with anxiety/OCD tendencies since I was a kid, and I’m also under a lot of stress right now with nursing school, work, and family life, so I don’t know if that’s making it worse.
I guess I just want to know if anyone else has experienced this kind of fixation/limerence/obsessive thinking and what actually helped you stop feeding the cycle. I’m considering taking a break from social media because the algorithms keep showing me things related to them based on past engagement.
Mostly I just want my brain to feel normal and peaceful agai