An obsession is a mood disturbance that occurs from a fixed idea: for example, the intention to constantly know what is published on social networks.
Obsession is a mental disturbance produced by a fixed idea , which with tenacious persistence assaults the mind. This thought, feeling or tendency appears at odds with the person's conscious thinking, but persists beyond efforts to get rid of it.
With etymological origin in the Latin word obsessĭo ( "siege" ), the term obsession is associated with a compulsive character that ends up acquiring a painful and distressing condition for those who suffer from it. When obsessions and compulsions have become chronic, we speak of a neurosis that disturbs the subject's normal life and transforms into an obsessive-compulsive disorder .
Types of obsession
There are different types of obsessions. For example, those related to food can be mentioned. In these cases, obsession works as a psychological barrier that does not allow a person's weight to be modified in a healthy way. Obsession with food can lead to diseases such as bulimia and anorexia .
An example that can work to make sense of what we are explaining would be the following: “Paula was so obsessed with maintaining a perfect body, like that of the models that appeared on television, that, without realizing it, she began to suffer from severe anorexia. ” .
Obsession with food can lead to disorders such as bulimia or anorexia.
The concept in art
The term obsession has also been used to name different artistic works. In the field of music, the Spanish hard rock band Sangre Azul named their first album “Obsesión” . The Argentine singer Miguel Mateos has done the same with his second solo album.
“Obsesión” is also a Spanish film directed by Francisco Lara Folop and starring Victoria Abril , and a television series that aired in 2005 on TVE .
It should be noted that there are other films that have the same title, from a 1917 Mexican film to several American proposals.
Among them would be, for example, “Portraits of an Obsession” . In 2002, this American film was released, directed by Mark Romanek and starring Robin Williams , which tells the story of a family that will be threatened by the obsession that the employee of the photo store they go to has for them. to reveal their negatives. This character, played by the aforementioned actor, is a lonely person who believes he is part of the life of the aforementioned couple and their son after having revealed a multitude of photographs of their happiest moments.
Likewise, we also have to talk about the production “Portrait of an Obsession” , from 2006 . Steven Shainberg is the director of this biographical film that brings the viewer closer to the life of the great photographer Diane Arbus, who is played by Nicole Kidman . Specifically, it is narrated how said woman, against the will of her family, falls in love with a singular man, Lionel Sweeney ( Robert Downey Jr ), who will be the one who introduces her to the most marginal world of society.
That fact will be what awakens Arbus 's interest in life and in wanting to reflect with her camera that unknown aspect of the human being.