is this hyperfixation
(if this is not the right reddit to ask, i will relocate.). Hi, im not autistic probably but recently i have had a deep fixation on kpop. not really kpop as a whole but instead a specific band and a specific member of that band. Will shorten to TB and M for simplicity sake.
i got into kpop around september-octobre of 2025 with enhypen and i quickly got very into it, i would watch ALL of their content and learn EVERYTHING about the members and specifically my favourite one. i wasnt as fixated as i am now on this other group.
a few ult(ultimate) group changes later and i landed on my new fixation. a friend told me about them so i checked them out via their survival show, didnt finish bc impatient and its 5+ hours, and looked at the final lineup. i became super inlove with them. theyre funny, handsome, dynamic, they make good music etc.
i stayed loyal to them for 7 or so months, still am. i know pretty much everything about them(public information im not a stalker). TB is everything i could ever ask for, just enough members to have options and not enough to be confusing or hard to remember. long story short i bought 100 dollars worth of merch of TB and M(3 items bc kpop is EXPENSIVE WTF) and currently saving up to buy more.
on the fixation part, my life has been utterly consumed by them. in my room theres pictures of mostly M but also TB. most art projects i do include or allude to TB and i feel like a guilty/fake fan when i dont, my locker in school, my music taste, my drawings, my bag is themed around M etc.. i will even soon have a lifesized cardboard cutout of M!
i always get wiplash when i talk to regular enjoyers of kpop bc i legit know everything about M. his birthday, his company, his height, his dog, what he hates and what he loves.. borderline stalker stuff but all public information i swear!!
I almost never miss their content and i hold them very dearly to my heart.
tl;dr: obsession with kpop group and one of the members to the point of consuming my life