---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote:
...is that people who are obsessed don't seem capable of recognizing that
they're obsessed.
And this would explain why you are writing another post about Judy and about
Robin?
Their own behavior goes completely over their heads, and they fail to see what
almost everyone watching them sees...that they're caught up in an obsession.
See my comment above.
As an example, consider some stuck-in-his-head mental midget who gets a
wild-hair-up-his-ass idea that God (yes, the same God who is on record as
having smitten millions of innocent people because he was pissed off at them)
became so affronted by the bombing of an obscure Christian monastery during WW2
that He withdrew His presence from the very Creation He had created, and
basically told all its sentient creatures to fuck off, because He would never
have anything to do with them again.
And imagine someone else thinking there was no creator, no God, no nuttin'
beyond what they can perceive with their 5 senses.
OK, this is ludicrous, right?
I would say so.
You would think that the first time said mental midget dared to say this out
loud or in print he'd catch a clue from the way people reacted and realize that
he was talking crazy, right? But nooo. Said mental midget goes on and on
and on and on, trying to make other people agree with this insanity. In other
words, he was obsessed with the weird stuff in his head, just because it was in
*his* head. And, he was incapable of even realizing that he *was* obsessed.
Crazy, right?
You said it and are demonstrating it very well, Bawwy. This is fun,
wouldn't you say? I mean look at you, perfectly embodying all of the crazy
stuff you accuse others of. And the funniest part is... you don't even realize
it!! Now that is, on one level, hilarious and on another worthy of eminent
scholarly note. They're shaking their heads and pursing their lips as they read
this, unable to believe their luck at finding a psychologically fascinating
goldmine like yourself. Maybe at the end of the year they'll reveal themselves
and all of the psychological findings they have amassed. They might bind a
special edition just for you to take out to parties, to the coffee houses and
bars so you can show people - just imagine!
Now imagine a lonely, 70-plus-year-old spinster who listens to this crap and
not only doesn't challenge it, but develops an obsession of her own with the
mental midget in question. Never having met him, she makes almost 1700 posts to
or about him to an obscure Internet group that no one cares about, turning
defending him and explaining what he really meant into something that
similarly goes on and on and on and on. This crush on the mental midget in
question gets so bad that she embarrasses herself thoroughly, resorting to lies
and insults to defend him, and destroying whatever little credibility she had
on the forum.
I'm trying to help you, Bawwy, so I'll just switch a few of the letters in the
last paragraph you wrote here:
And throughout all of this, it doesn't ever occur to him that he's obsessed.
He would probably bristle at the idea and write dozens of stinging replies
pointing out how absurd the idea is. Come to think of it, he probably will...
Thanks again for this fun little opportunity to post to you. It always starts
my day out with a chuckle.
