OLD THREAD: UNHEALTHY OBSESSIONS AND ALL GENERAL DISCUSSION

 What makes people rabidly and unhealthily obsess about things?

Take the obsessions about this site, for instance.  3 months ago we washed our hands of some undesirable elements.  We do our thing and enjoy ourselves. Yet, for some reason, these elements obsessively rant and rave on a daily basis, lurk 24/7, and even go so far as to frame their actual site threads on us.  This is after they obsessed over doxxing some dude for two whole years and counting, calling his house, his work, harassing his family, etc.  Insanity, huh?

Why is that? Are they that insecure and miserable in their own existence they have to obsess about others, even so far as resorting to racism, sexism, lies, and libel?  Do they constantly need that much reassurance in order to exist? Can they not manage their site on their own without us? Are they so threatened by our existence that it makes them raging psychopaths? 

They claim to be professionals, but like other things they claim there is nothing that would support that sort of radical concept.  

They also pretend to be "manly", but there's nothing manly about their weak ass, petty, whiny little bitch obsessions. Nothing in the least. In fact, it's the exact opposite. 

This thread, for example, is not obsessing. It's simply a one off description of events. Obsessing would be what I previously explained above.

The following picture shows some possible causes. I clipped the list down to show only the pertinent categories.

Mental health conditions.  That one's pretty obvious and self explanatory.  There have to be some serious mental health deficiencies in people who are as demented as the examples I've presented. 

Low self esteem and lack of control.  Again, obvious by always trying to defame others, even to the point of concocting absurd fictional narratives.  The lack of control can relate to either the existence of people they can't control with their manipulations, lack of control in their own lives so they have to try to control the lives of others, or both.  I personally go with both. 

Brain structure.  Now here's an interesting one. Could their brains be so deformed or underdeveloped that it's causing these irrational, delusional, obsessive behaviors?  Or could it even be a combination of multiple factors?

In closing, unhealthy obsessions are an unnecessary, and sometimes dangerous, affliction that should be kept under control. This includes obsessive drug use, the harassment of others to a disturbing degree, gambling, constantly obsessing over wanting to "eat the ass" of young girls when posting and seeing their pics like some twisted pedophile, overeating, control freak/power trip issues, claiming we "started a war" of some kind (when he'd already started a one-sided one in his twisted mind a long time ago) and even petty jealousy over people simply enjoying some online fellowship.

What are some other obsessions people have? What other mental issues need to be better addressed in today's society?  Has mental health declined in the presence of better technology?  Discuss this, other matters of the mind and, of course, any other topic you like.