I wonder if obsession can, as a general case, be called self-hothousing. I've certainly had times in my life when I pushed myself so hard I regretted it later.
One part of the seif pushing another part too hard???
It doesn't seem to be completely nonsensicle to me, and the more I think about it, the more I think "well, maybe it's not that RARE, either..." But it wasn't something I'd thought of in those terms before. Well, except I've had plenty of conversations with older gifties who babysit for me and stuff like that about pushing themselves too hard. Or expecting too much of a breakthrough too quickly & driving themselves nuts when it doesn't happen.
I think I'm on the "yeah, it happens" side.
Maybe "coleslaw" is the appropriate opposition. As in "I understand your concerns, I'm just worried my ____ is getting coleslawed by the situation. Maybe we could just try _____."
-Mich
