How far is too far?

[Saitaina]

This groups...being what it is, I thought
would be the best place to ask this question.

How far is too far when talking about Harry
Potter?  How much should one be involved in
this fandom, before it's bad for them?

I was recently speaking with a non HP friend
and they said that I took it too far, that I
was obsessed with something and hurting myself
mentally.  I disagreed but I did wonder.

I spend ten hours a day in this fandom, which
seems like a lot.  But I have no outside the
home job, no children and I'm basically alone
day in and day out due to a phobia of mine.
So could it be bad, that I have something that
brings me such joy, and connects me to others?
Could something that has lifted me out of
depression, helped me to express myself, given
my friends and co-workers, giving me a job
that means something to me...truly be hurting
me?

Perhaps I do obsess a bit, I have those points
where I'm maniacal about something (example:
Tom Felton, Harry/Draco pairings, the belief
that Voldemort is a sexual being...), but we
each have those,  I won't mention them *cough*
Snape fans *cough* but we each have our points
of obsession.

So have I gone too far?  Or is it just all
misunderstood?

Saitaina
****
And you," Harry said to Draco. "Let me define
the term rescue to you. It's not to come and
then having to be saved yourself."

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"No, one day I'm going to look back on all
this and plow face-first into a tree because I
was looking the wrong bloody way. And I'll
still be having a better day than I am today."