What Is OCD? People with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have persistent, upsetting thoughts (obsessions) and use rituals (compulsions) to attempt to control the anxiety these thoughts produce. However, most of the time the rituals end up controlling them. For...
What Is Compulsive Shopping / Shopping Addiction? As with all behavioural addictions, compulsive shopping differs from heavy shopping in that it sits on the other side of a thin grey line in terms of ‘how much is too much?’. In line with all addictions though, the...
Compulsive hoarding (hoarding addiction) is a pattern of behaviour that is characterized by the excessive acquisition of and inability or unwillingness to discard large quantities of objects that cover the living areas of the home and cause significant distress or...
What Is Compulsive Exercising / Exercise Addiction? Exercise is a vital activity for all human beings, and statistics show clearly that the average person does not exercise enough. Nevertheless, some people exercise to the point that it is actually destructive, and...
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