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The origin and meaning of a hobby can only be understood in terms of an individual's development and present situation. The type of hobby chosen usually has its prototype in early developmental phases.
It is easier to determine why people have hobbies than why they have not; in the latter case early prohibitions or frustrations have prevented development of any predominant mode of gaining satisfaction, or direct satisfaction from overt sexual play made satisfaction through deflected channels unnecessary.