Obsessive Behaviours

Franklin Institute Baldwin locomotive display

     When I saw the little black kid in the movie National Treasure, I was reminded of myself at that age. In the movie, the boy, who is seen hanging around the museum as I did, provides Nicholas Cage with information about coded documents from a display in the museum. In later years, I became engrossed in the Time Life Science Library series; studying topics like physics and chemistry. For me these readings were a chance to gain new knowledge about our planet and the rest of the universe. I became savvy to terminology and concepts used in science fiction films, and on the peculiar name of the star named Betelgeuse, which I first thought was pronounced bettlejuice. My belief in the Big Bang theory began to take hold, despite my belief in a divine creator. On the other hand, however, the theory of evolution still did’t pan out.

     Unlike many other kids, I believe I had a type “A” personality and still do. In fact, sometimes I perceive of myself as being a triple type “A”. I usually get totally absorbed into activities dealing with work, hobbies and other disciplines. I would surely be psycho analyzed as an over achiever and extremely tenacious. To re-emphasize from my statement from the HOME page of this website: personality disorders that have been psycho analyzed as being preoccupied, over indulged, obsessive and compulsive.
     With all this engrossed attentiveness, you might say I have an addictive personality. In more recent years, addiction counselors and mental health professionals have warned me that this is an unhealthy mental behavior. However, I contend that this mentality has led me into the fields of engineering, music, computers, theology and more. In any case, I’ll stick to my addictive behaviors just the same. To clear any misconceptions: I don’t claim to be any sort of genius by any means.