Dear Felix:

An obsession is a thought that is experienced as intrusive and unwanted and which causes the person a lot of anxiety and distress.

Maybe I was too fast to call it an obsession. I ask the following, and please answer clearly (take your time):

1. Do you want to stop thinking about your height?

2. Did you try before to not think about your height? Please elaborate.

3. When thinking about your height, do you feel anxiety/distress?

4. If you do feel anxiety/ distress when thinking about your height, is there anything that you do to relieve the distress, any compulsions such as googling about height, or posting about it online, or doing something unrelated, like brushing your hair every time you think about your height?

anita