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minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 months agoQuestion: if it started in 2020 and it’s arguably going stronger than ever, is it still a hyperfixation?
minus-squareagent_flounder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoOnly if it constantly overrides other obligations. I was fixated on a project to the exclusion of nearly everything for a couple years. It wasn’t healthy. But I succeeded at least lol.
minus-squareoctoperson@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoMay be a special interest? I don’t know if there’s a clear cut distinction, or where it would be, or if it’s even useful to make one.
minus-squareirmoz@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoYou’re probably joking but yes, they can be long-term
minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoOk cool, I thought at that point they became ‘regular’ obsessions.
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Question: if it started in 2020 and it’s arguably going stronger than ever, is it still a hyperfixation?
Only if it constantly overrides other obligations. I was fixated on a project to the exclusion of nearly everything for a couple years. It wasn’t healthy. But I succeeded at least lol.
May be a special interest? I don’t know if there’s a clear cut distinction, or where it would be, or if it’s even useful to make one.
You’re probably joking but yes, they can be long-term
Ok cool, I thought at that point they became ‘regular’ obsessions.