If it is all consuming, you think of your characters day and night, no cleaning or food preparation, it does not sound like a hobby. That is exactly the description a professional writer would use about the process of writing. Therefore I think you are duty bound to honour it as it sounds like a real gift.
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Forgetting where you left your keys dies not mean you are “losing it”