compulsive

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For people with compulsive disorders, addictions, or anxiety, these learned associations can become overly powerful.

From Science Daily

The character, a compulsive talker whose social manner is as subtle as a leaf blower, poses a tremendous acting challenge, being as intensely annoying as she is mysteriously alluring.

From Los Angeles Times

News of the severity of his injury was exacerbated by obsessive compulsive disorder symptoms, and he described being in hospital as "unbearable".

From BBC

Recordings showed that the medication reduced activity in the brain's reward center, a region linked to food noise and compulsive cravings, although this reduction did not last.

From Science Daily

Below, the actor from Arkansas, 70, talks about being a mouthpiece for Sheridan, smoking on the job and how his dyslexia and obsessive compulsive disorder influence the way he memorizes lines.

From The Wall Street Journal