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“Be yourself – everyone else is already taken,” Oscar Wilde once observed. But when does “being yourself” turn into an obsession? Some people cheat, smoke, eat, and work excessively, while others work insufficiently. The Freudian view of “civilization” was to fight against our instincts; the hedonistic approach to life entails unleashing our passions in pursuit of pleasure; and somewhere in the middle, Epicurean Philosophy tells us that we should simply strive to eliminate desire and live our lives in an ongoing state akin to someone who has just finished a pleasant meal (without eating too much or too little — without craving anything). But how much of this is truly our decision? Can we actually change our behaviors in order to change our personalities?
Let’s start with a definition of obsession: Clinical psychologists refer to them as fixations with an object, person, or activity, and they are problematic since they interfere with our ability to live and work. Most people think of obsessive-compulsive disorder as an example of this, however, technically “obsessions” refer only to uncontrollable thoughts (ideas that run through the minds of persons with OCD) and hence cannot be witnessed.
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Characters such as those represented by Jack Nicholson in As Good As It Gets exhibit bizarre symptoms typical of OCD, but these are the “compulsive” aspects of OCD, and they are within voluntary control… until they become self-reinforcing and self-perpetuating. However, the real obsessive routines are beneficial in that they alleviate the distress caused by the harmful obsessions. Also, you must try to play this Are You Obsessed Quiz.
The Rat Man, Freud’s famous OCD case study, was “obsessed” with unpleasant thoughts about military torture (rats eating living humans) being carried out on his loved ones, which Freud claimed demonstrated the ambivalence of any relationship and repressed feelings of sexual desire and aggression toward the same person. The Rat Man overcame these thoughts by engaging in an irrational but efficient repertoire of behaviors: he would dress in his father’s military uniform, walk to his room, and masturbate in front of the mirror. But, considering how frequently he had to do this and how much shame he felt about it, his OCD was definitely pathological (unlike the “OCD” we use in everyday life to refer to someone who is a bit meticulous or prudent and double-checks whether the oven is turned off or the door is locked).
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In contrast, the non-clinical meaning of “obsessions” refers to an excessive or extraordinary emphasis on something. Someone may become obsessed with gardening, Facebook, or going to the gym, for example. It simply implies that they pay more attention to something than most people, including most people who are interested in anything. Obsessions can be harmful at this point: Nobody who has ever accomplished anything noteworthy or made a significant contribution to anything has done so without a certain level of obsessiveness.
You can be a talented footballer, for example, but you will never make it to the Premier League unless you train incessantly. You can be a wonderful musician, a talented cook, or a natural speaker, but unless you focus on both your strengths and shortcomings, you will wind up underachieving at best and wasting your talent at worst. This relates to your ability to influence others as well as yourself.
Thus, being healthy-obsessed with self-improvement can help to promote and build intra- and inter-personal abilities. Here is when a personality comes into play: Three primary personality traits that are commonly used to profile persons are particularly important for improving your capacity to manage yourself and others. The first trait is Openness to Experience, which is associated with a propensity for unique and intellectually stimulating experiences and is the primary indicator of intellectual curiosity. People with this attribute are flexible and open-minded, and hence open to change (a related trait is psychological flexibility because it makes dealing with unpleasant thoughts less traumatic).
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