Obsession with ‘challenges’
Does anyone else with OCD get weirdly obsessed with ‘completing’ things in a very structured way?
I’ve recently noticed this pattern about myself that I’ve had for years where I get extremely sucked into things like a photo a day challenges on instagram, workout calendars/programs “cook your way through this cookbook” projects, premade study schedules that say “learn x subject in 30 days”, etc.
It’s not even always about enjoying the thing itself. Sometimes it feels more like my brain needs the structure and completion aspect. Like if I’m going to learn something or improve at something I have to do it through some predefined system or challenge.
I also get really attached to finishing the entire thing exactly as intended, and if I stop halfway through I feel like a failure and get this huge wave of embarrassment like everyone in the world can see that I’ve obviously been following this curriculum and failed to do it.
I’m wondering if this is an OCD thing for other people too?