From the Diagnosis Dictionary

Compulsive Behaviors
Compulsive Overeating, Compulsive Shopping, Gambling, Hoarding, Trichotillomania

Plenty of people suffer from one form of compulsive behavior or another. There's compulsive shopping, hoarding, eating, gambling, or even pulling one's hair out. And of course there is garden variety obsessive compulsiveness. When a person has a compulsion, he is trapped in a pattern of repetitive and senseless thinking--indeed these are behaviors quite difficult to overcome.

Compulsive Behaviors Tests

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The Latest on Compulsive Behaviors

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Self-regulation and symptoms of impulsivity. by Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D.

The first of a new series for overshoppers and the self-care. by April Lane Benson, Ph.D.

When your borderline splits you black by Michael J. Formica

Part VI of our installation on the economic crisis. by April Lane Benson, Ph.D.

Part V of our Series by April Lane Benson, Ph.D.

Compulsive Behaviors Blogs

Beyond the Doubt
An inside perspective on life with OCD and the lessons of uncertainty.
By Jeff Bell
Anxiety Files
Simple and powerful techniques for coping with anxiety and worry.
By Robert L. Leahy
Compulsive Acts
A Psychiatrist's Tales of Ritual and Obsession
By Elias Aboujaoude, M.D.
Obsessively Yours
Exploring the social and cultural roots of personality and its disorders.
By Lennard Davis
To Buy or Not To Buy
Why we overshop and how to stop.
By April Lane Benson, Ph.D.
The Literary Mind
Life, literature, and politics, from the inside out.
By Ilana Simons, Ph.D.
Don't Delay
Understanding procrastination and how to achieve our goals.
By Timothy A. Pychyl
Odd, Curious, and Rare
Abnormal reactions to prescription meds.
By Jerome Litt, M.D.