compulsive
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There are also psychiatric factors including anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
I’m all too aware of how quickly behavior can turn compulsive and how even the most temperate individual can unknowingly find themselves in over their head.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
Only now - 20 years later and more than £500,000 worse off - does Sally realise her compulsive behaviour was the result of taking this medication.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
There are also treatment, support groups and other resources to help people with compulsive gambling and spending, and buying her a house will not necessarily make the problem go away.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
Silvan Tomkins, maybe the greatest mind reader of them all, was compulsive about practicing.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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