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L.M. The Third
04-16-2010, 12:52 AM
Most of us are bibliomaniacs, but maybe with our strange personalities we can check off some more strange obsessions. I found this page listing manias, and while I can't vouch for its complete accuracy, it's quite interesting. (Even online dictionaries won't have some of this stuff, I think!)
http://phrontistery.info/mania.html
Mine include:

anglomania, bibliomania, empleomania, megalomania, musomania, oligomania, onomatomania, verbomania, and zoomania. I also used to have trichotillomania (I had too much hair to inflict damage) and hippomania. And yes, I am seriously deranged. Once you folks are done discussing the appropriateness of interfering in member's business, then you can report me.

BE HERE INFORMED that self-diagnosis of your mania is perfectly acceptable.

L.M. The Third
04-16-2010, 12:57 AM
By morning I will really regret admitting that I post from a mental hospital.:biggrin5: Should I delete it? Yes, no, yes, no...

stephanson
04-16-2010, 02:33 AM
i think i have habromania, nostomania and scribbleomania

haha thats interesting and so obsucre

Aravona
04-16-2010, 02:44 AM
agromania - intense desire to be in open spaces
clinomania - excessive desire to stay in bed (this may just be a post-student thing though)

JuniperWoolf
04-16-2010, 04:29 AM
Haha, weird. Some of those are very strange (such as "excessive or abnormal production of leaves").

Katy North
04-16-2010, 06:57 AM
aboulomania pathological indecisiveness (my husband's diagnosis of me)
opsomania abnormal love for one kind of food (soda and chocolate...)
sophomania delusion that one is incredibly intelligent (I'm probably not as smart as I'd like to think...)

Lacra
04-16-2010, 04:21 PM
I have bibliomania, as all the people here, ergasiomania ( excessive desire to work ), francomania, and dromomania (desire to travel )

*Classic*Charm*
04-16-2010, 05:34 PM
Oh jeez

bibliomania
hippomania
musomania
onychotillomania
tomomania- not in a creepy way though! I just want to be a doctor!
zoomania

aaandddd...

clinomania hahaha

L.M. The Third
04-17-2010, 01:04 AM
It's dreadfully embarrassing, but I should post the definitions of my insanities. Is there any term for extreme mania for seeming mysterious?
anglomania - craze or obsession with England and the English
Oligomania - obsession with a few thoughts or ideas (And I used to think I was a monomaniac!)
onomatomania - irresistible desire to repeat certain words
Verbomania - fascination/mania for words
Zoomania - obsession with animals

I must :sleep:

Jay
04-19-2010, 07:34 PM
aboulomania - pathological indecisiveness
arithmomania - obsessive preoccupation with numbers
bibliomania - craze for books or reading
graphomania - obsession with writing
hippomania - obsession with horses - LMAO!!! :D
melomania - craze for music
musomania - obsession with music
onomamania - mania for names

fun :p