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Stuff Mom Never Told You

Happy Hour #206: SMNTY Hyperfixates

Stuff Mom Never Told You

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.04.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

While not necessarily bad, hyperfixation - an intense focus on a hobby, interest or activity - can lead to disruptions in every day life. We talk about what hyperfixation is and some of the ways it can manifest.

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:09.2

Hey, this is Annie.

0:10.4

And Samantha.

0:11.1

Welcome to Stop I Never Told You, a production of IHeart Radio.

0:26.0

And welcome to another edition of Happy Hour.

0:31.5

As always, with these, if you choose to drink, whatever you're doing, please do so responsibly.

0:32.8

Samantha, are you sipping on anything?

0:36.3

So I just had my coffee for the day.

0:39.2

Long story short, we're doing this very early in the morning,

0:45.6

so not very early, but earlier than usual for us. So I'm sticking with my bubble water for now,

0:51.0

but I will be making a chai latte in a minute. So, you know, it's one of those days. What about you?

0:54.6

I am actually drinking coffee.

0:57.1

I don't normally drink coffee anymore.

0:58.8

It's just one of those days, huh?

1:00.1

It was one of those days.

1:04.6

I was telling Samantha, if my voice sounds a little strange, I've been up sneezing all night,

1:07.2

I'm possibly allergic to the neighborhood cat.

1:08.3

I hope not because I love her.

1:10.4

Yeah, I still want you to take her in.

1:16.8

I want her so badly. She was at my door last night. She was outside of my, I opened it up,

1:23.8

and she was just... Crazy. Did she try to stay there? She did. I happened to know on good authority, two people in the building kind of take care of her. Oh, okay. And I thought she might cause chaos in my very messy, precariously placed apartment. Like, there's a lot of things she could have knocked over. That's true. But I did come out and like pet her. That kind of cat, though. She doesn't. But cats can get up to all kinds of mischiefs, Samantha. That's true. Cats,

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