Addictions

8 Mar 2007

I have been told that im addicted to Sh :shock: . Theyre probably right, i am. Then it lead me on to thinking, i do get addicted to things very easily. When i find something that i enjoy, whether it be on here, a certain food, a perfume,a song i will exhaust it until i get so fed up with it that i eventually cant stand it anymore. Although i cant imagine getting fed up on here wink

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What are you addicted to?
At the moment im addicted to Swinging Heaven, Cadburys Caramel Bars, Eternity perfume and watching CSI.
Have you ever had any weird addictions?
I dont know if its an addiction as such but every time i walk past a parked car i have to read its number plate :shock: i have been doing this for years now and has such became an addiction for me, if i dont do it i have to go back and look again.

8 Mar 2007

i'm addicted to myspace!!!! how sad......
lol and love hearts!! best sweets in the world.... they give u compliments as you eat them!!!
lol x x x

8 Mar 2007

I would answer your question Louise, but I'm away at the weekend and being sectioned would be most inconvenient for me!

8 Mar 2007

addicted to SH..... I am not saying anything else to you!!!! :gagged: :gagged: :gagged: :gagged: :gagged: lol

:lol: :lol:
what am i addicted to... hmm....
SH.. probably...
Online poker .....possibly
drinking guinness red .... my bloody craving at the moment since the "chocolate" has gone for lent

8 Mar 2007

Quote by fabio
addicted to SH..... I am not saying anything else to you!!!! :gagged: :gagged: :gagged: :gagged: :gagged: :lol: :lol:
what am i addicted to... hmm....
SH.. probably...
Online poker .....possibly
drinking guinness red .... my bloody craving at the moment since the "chocolate" has gone for lent

I play online poker too, but i count it more as a hobby than an addiction. Well thats my excuse and im sticking to it. Youve got to have at least one hobby, right dunno

Louise xx
Ps its not only you thats said it redface

8 Mar 2007

Louise 'fraid to say doing those sort of rituals like having to read a number plate when you see it can be a sign of mild OCD.
Oh and guess who's going to a Social this coming Saturday? wink

8 Mar 2007

Quote by Liaisons
Louise 'fraid to say doing those sort of rituals like having to read a number plate when you see it can be a sign of mild OCD.
Oh and guess who's going to a Social this coming Saturday?

Who?, Where?, When? can i come?
:giggle:
Louise xx

8 Mar 2007

Only if you know the right people :smoke:

8 Mar 2007

Quote by Liaisons
Only if you know the right people :smoke:

Cheeky bugger. Well ive got my own gang thanks and i dont need yours wink

Louise xx

8 Mar 2007

Quote by Liaisons
Louise 'fraid to say doing those sort of rituals like having to read a number plate when you see it can be a sign of mild OCD.
Oh and guess who's going to a Social this coming Saturday?

There are other things that i haveto do to, but im not going to say or you'll think im weird.
Louise xx

8 Mar 2007

You have a classical "addictive personality type" Louise, I have one too.
People with this kind of personality type tend to need a focus in their lives (apparently).. I used to be addicted to smoking, I quit, so I became addicted to drinking wine every night.. I had to replace the void. When I gave up the wine, I threw myself 100% into keeping fit, when I got sick of that I moved on to baking and baked for days.
I honestly don't know if it's a good or bad thing, it doesn't harm or bother me, and yes, I'm addicted to here also! lol

8 Mar 2007

I totally agree Jaymar! Ive been addicted to Everything right from my early childhood when I couldnt get enough of my space hopper lol

Ive always replaced one addiction with another. Luckily not long after giving up smoking I met my other half and I've been addicted to sex ever since :twisted:

8 Mar 2007

Quote by louise_and_joe
There are other things that i have to do to, but im not going to say or you'll think im weird.
Louise xx

Oh you will tell me, sooner or later, I'm sure as dreek wink

8 Mar 2007

Quote by sparkly_minx
lol and love hearts!! best sweets in the world.... they give u compliments as you eat them!!!
lol x x x

So does my FB innocent

8 Mar 2007

Quote by Xxxsexy24uxxx
I totally agree Jaymar! Ive been addicted to Everything right from my early childhood when I couldnt get enough of my space hopper
Ive always replaced one addiction with another. Luckily not long after giving up smoking I met my other half and I've been addicted to sex ever since :twisted:

Now that's an addiction that is very worthwhile :rascal:

8 Mar 2007

I have become a very strange kind of smoker. I've cut down to 10 a day and I only smoke at work. I don't smoke in the evenings or weekends or socially. In fact I complain about other smokers and smoky rooms.
I think I may have become the smoking equivelent of an alcholic in that only I smoke when on my own.
Other addictions??? Think I'm too much of a control freak to give into them. biggrin

8 Mar 2007

Quote by louise_and_joe
What are you addicted to?
At the moment im addicted to Swinging Heaven, Cadburys Caramel Bars, Eternity perfume and watching CSI.

Ebay, Addict (Dior) perfume (how apt), After 8 mints, watching Frasier and Hotel Babylon... Of all of those it is Frasier that is my #1 addiction... I only discovered Frasier about a year ago... and it is brilliant! lol

8 Mar 2007

Quote by Xxxsexy24uxxx
I totally agree Jaymar! Ive been addicted to Everything right from my early childhood when I couldnt get enough of my space hopper
Ive always replaced one addiction with another. Luckily not long after giving up smoking I met my other half and I've been addicted to sex ever since :twisted:

I dont mind addictions like that. :welcome: to the forums.
Louise xx

8 Mar 2007

Quote by Liaisons
Louise 'fraid to say doing those sort of rituals like having to read a number plate when you see it can be a sign of mild OCD.......

I thought the same thing. More about OCD

8 Mar 2007

Quote by easy
Louise 'fraid to say doing those sort of rituals like having to read a number plate when you see it can be a sign of mild OCD.......

I thought the same thing. More about OCD
Thanks Easy, i'll have a read. Its got me all scared now.
Louise xx

8 Mar 2007

DON'T PANIC
There is a world of difference between enjoying doing something and being obsessed. You may like eating chicken. You may always choose the chicken dish when you go out to eat but you are not, suffering from OCD. biggrin

8 Mar 2007

Quote by keeno
DON'T PANIC
There is a world of difference between enjoying doing something and being obsessed. You may like eating chicken. You may always choose the chicken dish when you go out to eat but you are not, suffering from OCD.

:rotflmao:
Louise xx

8 Mar 2007

OK so maybe I was a little too casual with my post. redface

Everyone has some kind of OCD. Have you ever left the house and then thought "Did I switch the light off?" or something similar and you've gone back and checked, well that's a kind of OCD. It's perfectly normal.
It's only a problem when it dominates your life (like making you late for an appointment because you have to read ever numberplate on the way there.
Oh and I have a close relative who's a chronic sufferer. They spent 36 hours straight (without food or sleep) performing a task and then spent another 8 hours cleaning themselves.
It's when it's like that you have a real cause for concern. sad

8 Mar 2007

My Dad has a terrible habbit of checking things, especially leaving his home... he has an irrational fear that he will be burgled.
If we go out anywhere I know that I have to plan ahead by at least two hours. Thats the ammount of time it takes to actually get to the gate. He continually has to go back and enter his home, yet again to check, to see if he really did turn the burlar alarm on, he's laid his hidden traps rolleyes

, all his worldly goods are under lock and key etc etc. An then the process starts all over again....
I darent turn up for a surprise visit... I have to make sure I give him at least a years notice (ok an exaggeration). If I turn up unexpected or call an hour before hand he goes into complete panic. Im not allowed in the house until he's ready and calmed down.
If I want to pop up the shop whilst Im visiting.. its dangerous and Im not allowed to go 20 yards up the road alone. I have to have an escort of at least 6 cousins... confused

:? :?
I dont/cant visit very often, its frustating and painful, for my Dad, myself and rest of family....
xanaisx

8 Mar 2007

I think I may have a bit of that OCD thingamy too... to be honest it doesn't worry me... I call those sort of things quirky habits! lol

I have a loo roll obsession in that they HAVE to hang the right way round... there is only one way to hang a loo roll! rolleyes

There are things in my flat that have to be "just so" and I move them if they're not. There are loads of other things that make me twitch but I think I'm just a bit anally retentive! dunno

Things I'm addicted to... erm... my security blanket would have to be one of them. I NEVER go anywhere without it... EVER! Although, before you start to call the men in white coats you'd never see it, well not unless you're close to me. It's the comfort of knowing it's in my bag or up my sleeve I guess. There is a name for it in the British Medical Journal... it's an affliction that I love! :smile:
Oh... and ciggies! :lol:
Some addictions are awful and I really don't envy people who suffer from alcohol or drug or food addictions... I don't really worry about my behaviour... it's quirky and sometimes a bit weird but not life threatening to me or anyone else!
I'll get me coat! :giggle:

8 Mar 2007

Quote by Dirtygirlie
I have a loo roll obsession in that they HAVE to hang the right way round... there is only one way to hang a loo roll!
:giggle:

Thats not an obsession unless you have the loose end nearest the wall. You don't have it nearest the wall do you????

8 Mar 2007

Quote by Dirtygirlie
I'll get me coat! :giggle:

Dont you have one of those trendy buckled white jackets confused

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8 Mar 2007

Quote by Liaisons

I have a loo roll obsession in that they HAVE to hang the right way round... there is only one way to hang a loo roll!
:giggle:

Thats not an obsession unless you have the loose end nearest the wall. You don't have it nearest the wall do you????
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
What do you think??! :roll:

Quote by anais
I'll get me coat! :giggle:

Dont you have one of those trendy buckled white jackets confused

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Yeah, that's the one... nice silver buckles it has too but they HAVE to be polished daily with a special cloth! :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:

8 Mar 2007

Quote by Dirtygirlie

I have a loo roll obsession in that they HAVE to hang the right way round... there is only one way to hang a loo roll!
:giggle:

Thats not an obsession unless you have the loose end nearest the wall. You don't have it nearest the wall do you????
:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
What do you think??! :roll:

I don't know, I'm not the one with the obsession! :shock: :roll:

8 Mar 2007

I have an addictive personality to.
Its just a case of learning to become addicted to things that are better for me.
At one point in my late teens, I was addicted to certain illegal drugs. I replaced that with an addiction to chocolate.
I have to limit the amount of alcohol I drink, or that may become a major problem for me.
Unfortunatly I can't bring myself to be addicted to exercise or healthy food, so maybe I have a selective addictive personality!!!