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Compulsive behavior

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Dermatophagia – extreme nail biting / biting of skin to point of an obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) or other condition leading to self mutilating behaviour such as autistic spectrum disorders (as is the case in this example) or Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome.[citation needed]

Compulsive behavior (or compulsion) is defined as performing an action persistently and repetitively. Compulsive behaviors could be an attempt to make obsessions go away.[1] Compulsive behaviors are a need to reduce apprehension caused by internal feelings a person wants to abstain from or control.[2] A major cause of compulsive behavior is said to be obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD).[1][3] "The main idea of compulsive behavior is that the likely excessive activity is not connected to the purpose to which it appears directed."[citation needed] There are many different types of compulsive behaviors including shopping, hoarding, eating, gambling, trichotillomania and picking skin, itching, checking, counting, washing, sex, and more. Also, there are cultural examples of compulsive behavior.

  1. ^ a b "Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Symptoms, Behavior, and Treatment". Helpguide.org. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
  2. ^ "Addictive Behaviors, Compulsions and Habits". Umass.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2013-11-29.
  3. ^ (1996). Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Decade of the Brain. National Institutes of Health.