Comments on: Future obsession, present awareness http://www.magicalexperiments.com/2009/12/future-obsession-present-awareness/ Mystical Journeys into the Future of Magic Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:27:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: TaylorEllwood http://www.magicalexperiments.com/2009/12/future-obsession-present-awareness/comment-page-1/#comment-494 TaylorEllwood Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:36:14 +0000 http://www.magicalexperiments.com/?p=1125#comment-494 Thanks for the link. While I recognize where the implication that obsession isn't useful can be read into my post, my approach toward obsession in this case has more to do with recognizing it from a temporal/cultural perspective, and how obsession can fit into time. Thanks for the link. While I recognize where the implication that obsession isn't useful can be read into my post, my approach toward obsession in this case has more to do with recognizing it from a temporal/cultural perspective, and how obsession can fit into time.

]]> By: khephra http://www.magicalexperiments.com/2009/12/future-obsession-present-awareness/comment-page-1/#comment-493 khephra Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:47:04 +0000 http://www.magicalexperiments.com/?p=1125#comment-493 <blockquote>When you have an obsession, you’re always living in the future, living in that moment of imagining what will happen when the obsession is realized.</blockquote><br>I disagree. Obsession forms a heavy psychological undercurrent of healthy productivity, and I think you're being unnecessarily simplistic here. One of the helpful frames from developmental psychology that addresses this tendency a little more usefully is Dabroski's overexcitabilities. For starters, you might see: <a href="http://www.stephanietolan.com/dabrowskis.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.stephanietolan.com/dabrowskis.htm</a>
When you have an obsession, you’re always living in the future, living in that moment of imagining what will happen when the obsession is realized.

I disagree. Obsession forms a heavy psychological undercurrent of healthy productivity, and I think you're being unnecessarily simplistic here. One of the helpful frames from developmental psychology that addresses this tendency a little more usefully is Dabroski's overexcitabilities. For starters, you might see: http://www.stephanietolan.com/dabrowskis.htm

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