Common Compulsive Behaviors
- Compulsive overeating is the inability to control one's amount of nutritional intake, resulting in weight gain.
- Compulsive shopping is done to the extent that it impairs the shoppers' lives, leaving them financially unstable.
- Compulsive checking describes the constant checking of things like locks, switches, and appliances.
- Hoarding is the excessive saving of items and the inability to throw away any of those items.
- Compulsive gambling is the inability to stop. It results in serious personal, financial, and social problems.
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