compulsive

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Lowenthal’s bill cited social media’s dangers such as “exposure to harmful content, compulsive use patterns, exploitation, and adverse impacts on mental health and well-being.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

The potential side effects of the medication, she says, finally explained Andrew's compulsive shopping - although at that point she had no idea about the true extent of his spending.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Nobel literature prize-winner Pamuk, who opened the museum in 2012, four years after the novel was published, has admitted to being a similarly compulsive collector.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Individuals with compulsive personalities are at higher risk for mental illness, and they may also be more likely to become addicted to social media.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

In fact, he was finding it almost impossible to do either, so scrambled were his powers of performance by the compulsive need for haste that invariably possessed him.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller