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The How-To Lounge: Avoiding the Phone Obsession
It wasn't all that long ago when people used to sit by the phone waiting for a call. But just because times have changed and we can now drag our phone around with us everywhere we go, it doesn't mean that we've stopped the obsessive when-will-they-call behavior. In fact, having access to our phones every minute of every day only makes us more likely to worry about when the darn thing will ring!
You Asked: I'm So Nosy!
Dear Sugar,
Whenever I meet new people, I completely obsess over them. I look for them on social websites, I Google them and email/call way too much. I know that I shouldn't do this, but I cannot stop myself!
News to Me: Perfectionists Are at Risk for Depression
I'm sure you all have a little voice inside you that says to work hard and be the best you can be, but some people let that voice take over their lives. There's nothing wrong with having perfectionist tendencies, but according to a New York Times article, researchers are worried that being too hard on yourself and others may put you at risk for mental illness.
According to the story:
Some researchers divide perfectionists into three types, based on answers to standardized questionnaires: Self-oriented strivers who struggle to live up to their high standards and appear to be at risk of self-critical depression; outwardly focused zealots who expect perfection from others, often ruining relationships; and those desperate to live up to an ideal they’re convinced others expect of them
While it's perfectly normal to want to do well at your job, if those feelings expand to your personal life, you could be at risk for depression or even suicidal thoughts.
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Celebrate Your Wedding Night With Obsession Night
Obsession Night by Calvin Klein, $62, is not the most recent launch, but that doesn't make it any less fabulous.
It was released in 2005 and is made from a concoction of seductive scents such as: bergamot, bitter orange, mandarin, white florals, angelica root, gardenia, rose, muguet, jasmine, vanilla, tonka bean, amber, labdanum and sandalwood and cashmere wood.
This is a hefty fragrance that stands for everything sexy, sensual and irresistible.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Examined on A&E's Obsessed
Trina is afraid she’ll murder someone. Nidia has a phobia about her bowel movements. Rick can’t stop compulsively exercising, adding up the numbers on license plates, or turning clockwise at regular intervals.
Health Food Obsession Gone Too Far: Orthorexia
If you're reading this site, chances are you're into eating healthy. While it's beneficial to be conscious about what you put in your mouth, it's not good to become so obsessed that your lifestyle goes from a healthy diet to an unhealthy fixation on a healthy diet. The condition is referred to as an eating disorder by some, known as orthorexia nervosa.
A&E's Obsessed Looks at Hair-Pulling OCD
A friend of mine confessed not long ago that, in high school, she had trichotillomania, an obsessive compulsion to pull out hair on your head or body in order to manage anxiety. In her case, it was a small patch of hair on her head underneath her long hair where she hoped no one could see the bald patch she was creating.
This week, A&E's Obsessed follows Todd and his extreme trichotillomania.
A&E's Obsessed Explores Extreme Hoarding
Do you have a slight problem with being messy? This week's A&E’s Obsessed, in its exploration of the obsessive compulsive disorder extreme hoarding, will have you cleaning up your apartment or desk and feeling for poor Russ, who can't stop buying things and also can't bear to throw anything away. "I get attached to things," he says, "because I don't have people to care about."
The How-To Lounge: Ending Those Obsessive Worries
If you’re anything like me then you probably have the tendency to obsess over little things all day long. I keep wondering things like what did that conversation mean? Was I wrong?
Beyonce Gets Obsessed and Looks Toward Broadway
Beyonce Knowles showed off her legs in an LBD with a transforming train at her Obsessed premiere in NYC last night. Her costar Ali Larter smiled brightly in white, and Kim Kardashian looked tanned after her bikini vacation in Mexico. Jay-Z slipped in to join his wife for the screening and afterparty.
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