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This is very unlikely to be a symptom of OCD. With OCD, there's usually a significant component of guilt, fear or anxiety - it's not really a known thing for people to have full-blown OCD obsession over things they actually enjoy. I mean, yes, we can be a little more obsessive than the average person over relationships and hobbies, but still...if you're researching something because you like it rather than because you're terrified of something bad happening, it's not really OCD.

What it sometimes can be, however, is a sign that someone's on the autistic spectrum. And people who already have OCD are already at a statistically higher chance of being diagnosed autistic. I'm currently being checked out by my doctor for what seems to be high-functioning autism (just got one more test to do in a few months' time...ugh, waiting lists!), and I had terrible OCD. A lot of people go undiagnosed, especially if you're female or you only have it very mildly, because there's misconceptions that everyone autistic is like in the Rain Man or Sheldon Cooper from The Big Bang Theory, when really the symptoms can be more complex. This article is quite good for explaining the difference between autism-style 'special interests' (apparently that's the word they use to describe an obsessive hobby) vs OCD symptoms : https://www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/understanding-autism/behaviour/obsessions-and-special-interests

I have a lot of sympathy for you in this respect because I too tend to devote more time than I should to my special interests, when I should be doing other things. The autistic communities online have a lot of good advice on dealing with this; for me so far I've either tried to relate the thing I'm supposed to be doing to the interest I'm obsessing over (like, when I'm studying and writing papers, if I can use examples in the paper from one of my other interests, or use a theory that works in both fields, that helps). Or turning an obsessive interest into something I do practically/for a living/ to benefit others. One of my obsessive special interests was creative writing on a certain topic...and I've just a few days ago been invited to show a literary agent the full manuscript of my new novel. So it kinda worked out, just turning my special interest into something useful!

Alternatively, there's nothing diagnosably wrong here, but you might benefit from improving your willpower and ability to resist random urges to procrastinate. I've had to do some work on this, because having two disorders that affect your self-control and concentration can screw with you a bit. This book was quite handy for explaining how the mind works here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Willpower-Why-Self-Control-Secret-Success/dp/0141049480/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492677569&sr=8-1&keywords=willpower

If your looking for something a little more up to date (e.g using current research) check out willpower:Why Self-Control is the Secret of Success by Roy F. Baumeister http://www.amazon.co.uk/Willpower-Why-Self-Control-Secret-Success/dp/0141049480/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377008417&sr=8-1&keywords=willpower

The main arguement is that we need to learn how to delay gratification.