Among her more vividly described obsessions and preoccupations are a famous stage actor, her menstrual cycle and a creepy bloke called Peter who keeps nicking stuff from her.
Mr. Coupland, who speaks calmly and patiently, even when describing obsession, said he rearranges his furniture weekly.
Dan Barber, the executive chef of Blue Hill at Stone Barns, in New York, has described our obsession with heirlooms as largely "nostalgic".
In 1983 David Sudnow, a sociologist, wrote a bestselling book, "Pilgrim in the Microworld", in which he described his obsession with a game called "Breakout".
Speaking to Newstalk ZB a couple of weeks ago, controversial British rugby scribe Stephen Jones described the obsession as "ridiculous" and said that New Zealanders are far too sensitive about rugby.
Visitors to the booth last night could obscure their faces and did not have to say their names as they described their obsessions to the camera.
Participant 8 said his 'personality changed' and he became more 'introverted' and 'isolated', and participant 3 described how obsessions around eating started to 'hold [him] back' from 'everything [he] wanted to do'.
He describes his obsession unsparingly, omitting no embarrassing detail, including his fear that the girl "runs mad for size".
In the 18th century, Boswell wrote a weekly magazine column, "The Hypochondriack," describing his obsession with personal health.
Rapture describes the obsession of a love affair, in which 'Love is talent, the world love's metaphor'.
