compulsive
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The 34-year-old, from Redditch, Worcestershire, is one of around 750,000 people in the UK who suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, or OCD.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
“I was a complete unknown,” Ms. Stern said in a 2018 interview with the website Compulsive Reader.
From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024
Compulsive neatniks will appreciate West Elm’s throw pillow made of 100% Sunbrella canvas acrylic fabric — a textile that can withstand kids, pets, rain, mildew, fading, chlorine and stains.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2022
In Psychotherapy Networker, Terrence Daryl Shulman, the author and founder of the Shulman Center for Compulsive Theft, Spending and Hoarding, wrote: “Most people who resort to stealing are actually ‘crying for help.’
From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022
Compulsive acts are acts contrary to reason, which the will cannot prevent.
From Applied Psychology for Nurses by Porter, Mary F.
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