I've noticed that I get fixated on people at times, and even when given a reason to not want anything to do with them, or to not think about them / want to think about them, the fixation doesn't subside. I've "gotten past people," but it is like it is always there in the back of my mind, dormant, just waiting for a reason to come screaming to the front again and take over.
Alcohol doesn't help, because if I'm blacked out it may come to the front and lead to me being an as*hole, if I at one point viewed the person in a negative light. I'm told that one night recently I followed someone around and called her all manner of nasty things until a friend and a mutual friend tried to start fending me off by distracting me. I also at times rant when I'm drunk, often about things I shouldn't be speaking with others about, in that they won't keep quiet about it or others still will overhear. I'll wake up the next morning, not remember what transpired, and the fixation is back dormant. Asked about it, I won't have the slightest clue why I was apparently thinking about the person the night before.
I haven't spoken with one of my neighbors in quite some time. There was a bit of a falling out, and she has since not really said anything to me. I haven't said anything to her, because I don't know if that would even be wanted by her, but I'm sure that that comes off as if I'm the one that doesn't want to talk. I haven't seen her in over a month. I was convinced that I was done giving a damn about her. I saw her, and something went off in my brain. Nostalgia, something else, I don't know, but the thoughts came rushing back. I have no idea why. I even believe there's no reason to think about her at this point, I'm not simply telling myself that, yet it is like an automatic reaction or something.
Anyone else had any kind of problems with this sort of thing?