Compulsive Action

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A Compulsive Action is an gratifaction-seeking personal act that is performed for gratification without necessarily leading to an actual reward.



References

2017

  • https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/features/video-game-addiction-no-fun
    • QUOTE: ... In a WebMD feature on the definition of addiction, psychiatrist Michael Brody, MD, set forth the following criteria:
      • The person needs more and more of a substance or behavior to keep him going.
      • If the person does not get more of the substance or behavior, he becomes irritable and miserable.
    • Young says compulsive gaming meets these criteria, and she has seen severe withdrawal symptoms in game addicts. …

2016

  • (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/compulsive_behavior Retrieved:2016-10-17.
    • Compulsive behavior is defined as performing an act persistently and repetitively without it necessarily leading to an actual reward or pleasure. Compulsive behaviors could be an attempt to make obsessions go away. The act is usually a small, restricted and repetitive behavior, yet not disturbing in a pathological way. Compulsive behaviors are a need to reduce apprehension caused by internal feelings a person wants to abstain or control. A major cause of the compulsive behaviors is said to be obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). [1] "The main idea of compulsive behavior is that the likely excessive activity is not connected to the purpose to which it appears directed.".Furthermore, there are many different types of compulsive behaviors including, shopping, hoarding, eating, gambling, trichotillomania and picking skin, checking, counting, washing, sex, and more. Also, there are cultural examples of compulsive behavior.
  1. (1996). Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Decade of the Brain. National Institutes of Health.

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