Passion vs. Obsession

strovek on Oct 25, 2009

Tags: electricity, obsession, passion, Thomas Edison

There is a fine line between Passion and Obsession.

When we start working on something we love, we say that it is our passion. Passion is a very strong emotion which can be focused on something or someone.

So when someone is said to be a passionate person, it means that the person has very intense feelings. If he is passionate about his work in most cases it is a good thing. However, we have to be careful that the passion does not turn into an obsession. This happens when the intensity of the passion reaches the stage where it fills up all your focus.

A person who is obsessed with work is sometimes known as a workaholic. Sometimes when we have a passion for someone, the feeling is so intense it makes the other person nervous especially if the feeling is not mutual.

So is passion and obsession good or bad. Well it depends! It is focused on something positive or not. If it causes harm then it is definitely bad. It can be good too. Many of the things we enjoy today are due to obsession of one person – Thomas Edison. His passion and obsession for his invention has given us electricity, bulb and many of the inventions we enjoy today.

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Tanya Wallace on Oct 25, 2009
Wonderful write!Very interesting and thought provoking.I really liked the reference you made at the end about Thomas Edison,very true!
mikhaely on Oct 26, 2009
hmmmmmmmmmmm…interesting piece
LOVELYHONEY on Oct 27, 2009
OBSESSION IS A DISEASE OF THE MIND A COMPULSION

OCD

OBSESSIVE COMPULSORY DISORDER

PASSION IS A NEED OF THE MIND

MORE ACCENTUATED TOWARDS SEXUAL NEEDS /ORIENTATION /INCLINATION
LOVELYHONEY on Oct 27, 2009
PASSION AND OBSESSION DEFINED BY ENCYCLO/WIKI

”’Passion”’ (from the [[Latin]] verb ”patior”, meaning to suffer or to endure, also related to compatible) is an [[emotion]] applied to a very strong feeling about a person or thing. Passion is an intense [[emotion]] compelling feeling, enthusiasm, or [[desire]] for something. The term is also often applied to a lively or eager interest in or admiration for a proposal, cause, or activity or [[love]].

==Learning==
Passion can be expressed as a feeling of unusual excitement, enthusiasm or compelling emotion towards a subject, idea, person, or object.
A person is said to have a passion for something when they have a strong positive affinity for it. A love for something and a passion for something are very similar feelings.
• compulsion: an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will; “her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly”
• an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
lillyrose on Oct 28, 2009
very interesting article. I thing they both could equally end up good or bad, I guess it depends what your obsessing about or being passionate about! I obsess about things all the time but is that because I am a passionate person?
CutestPrincess on Nov 16, 2009
a good comparison… nicely done!

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