Symptoms of the initial state of obsession

by CR (157)

Much of humanity is a victim of obsession, precisely because they do not know the resources, the elements, the means at their disposal to avoid it or free themselves of it.

Some symptoms of the initial state of obsession can be observed in the following cases:

01 - a tendency to laugh without reason or on the account of futilities; 

02 - tics (muscle movement of the face or body);

03 - crying without plausible reason; 

04 - overeating; 

05 - constant sleepiness; 

06 - feel pleasure in idleness;

07 - externalize manias;

08 - have fixed ideas; 

09 - make silly jokes;

10 - persistent annoying of other people; 

11 - mechanical repetition of the same sayings;

12 - allowing oneself to be dominated by passions; 

13 - foolish and unreasonable prejudices; 

14 - Too obstinate (unreasonably stubborn); sometimes brooding ill humour;

15 - engage in addiction practices;

16 - enjoy ostentation;

17 - having temperamental outbursts; 

18 - mystification (abuse the credulity of others); 

19 - telling lies;

20 - express oneself licentiously (contrary to decency); 

21 - reveal cowardice;

22 - swearing (using obscene language); 

23 - demonstrate fanaticism; 

24 - gesticulating and talking to oneself; 

25 - systematically or routinely annoying; 

26 - hearing and seeing fantastic things;

27 - living beyond one's means (spend more than one can afford); 

28 - obsession with illness; 

29 - neglecting obligations at home and at work;

30 - abandoning home duties, absent from the family;

31 - living in a faraway world of dreams; 

32 - provoke or fuel arguments.

Any of the above manifestations, even when it does not constitute a state of advanced mental anomaly, predisposes to obsession.

References

[1] Christian Rationalism, 1st Edition, Rio de Janeiro 1984

[2] Compilation, paraphrasing, translation from original texts in Portuguese