The Inner Compulsion to Repeat Behaviours
- We all have our idiosyncrasies, little habits, and ways of doing things that bring us comfort and make us unique.
- There is a tendency to replay situations and relationships that negatively impact upon us, a process he called “repetition compulsion.”
- When an emotionally charged situation occurs, the compulsion to repeat in the brain is caused by a persistent conditioned response.
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