We all have hobbies, customs that we cannot avoid and that, we do not know why, if we do not do them we do not feel calm. Some people need to make sure that they have closed the door of the house well, others need that the pictures are straight or that the books are arranged in a certain way. Since deep down, manias have an anxiety-releasing component, they tend to occur in people with a tendency to be obsessive.
There are also other types of hobbies that we can inherit from our family, customs that we repeat without realizing it but that provide us with security. What is certain is that practically everyone, to a greater or lesser extent, has one or more hobbies that accompany us in our daily lives. Keep reading this article to know why do we have hobbies and more details.
As we have already mentioned, hobbies are gestures that we usually repeat to feel more secure and also to release anxiety. Manias in principle do not pose any problem, quite the contrary, they are usually gestures that lower our level of anxiety in certain situations. We will only have to raise them by going to a specialist when we are forced to carry out said behaviors imperiously, and if, by not doing so, we notice that our anxiety level increases by big measure.
Sometimes they are also identified tics and manias, when they are two totally different concepts, since tics are involuntary and / or repetitive movements that we perform at times of great anxiety, while manias are acts that we also perform when we are tired. On the other hand, a tic has an essentially physical component, while manias are psychological for the most part.
We can also observe manias in a very frequent in children, usually because we have instilled them or while they are learning behaviors that will be useful later, such as those related to hygiene. The most common hobbies in children are walking without stepping on the stripes or washing their hands frequently.
This article is merely informative, in Psychology-Online we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.
