I have developed a new special interest in person-to-person interactions.
I'm fascinated by people's reactions to the things I say. By my own reaction to their reactions.
I'm fascinated by advertising techniques online, on tv, and on the radio. Why did they choose that wording to get someone to believe this, or to care about that? Why did the other radio station take the opposite approach? Which is more likely to get somebody's attention and make them tune in at 6 o'clock? Why?
Why did someone reveal some information to one set of people and not to another? Why do my actions/interactions cause one person to see me as a joker and cause another person to believe that I'm only capable of being serious? Is it me, or is it them? (I'm not complaining, just analyzing)
I'm fascinated by 2 different people's point of view on a political issue and what tactics they use to illustrate their point. (or more importantly, to get someone to listen to them.) In Medicine or Psychology, I'm obsessed with analyzing the very concept of "malingering." (faking or exaggerating symptoms.) Or the opposite (assuming that has a name). I'm interested in the concept of people feigning dis-interest in something when they are really interested, and when someone would do this, and why.
I get obsessed with this stuff from time to time. I like it when this becomes my interest because when someone says/does something (maybe they did or said something to me, or about me ) it no longer makes me mad, rather just makes me over-analyze it, and sometimes laugh at how silly we all are as human beings.