My ex-husband, a stock broker, was a compulsive gambler who lost a fortune of my inheritance.
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He is a compulsive talker, his incessant conversational stream tracking the course of his volatile emotions.
Understanding the neurobiology of compulsive buying disorder, as it's officially known, is still in its infancy.
You can stop the compulsive voicemail and email-checking, the constant texting, and the Facebook stalking.
Some might assume compulsive shopping is relatively recent -- perhaps a product of Madison Avenue.
Compulsive shopping has little to do with income, though money does determine the shopping venue.
Language pedants should here control their trichotillomania (compulsive desire to pull out one's hair).
That's difficult, he says, because there is no recognized diagnosis for people who seem sexually compulsive.
But in other cases habits can wreak havoc with our lives, as with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Mourinho is a superb manager who knows how to work the media and is compulsive viewing.
They took out big loans, became compulsive shoppers, and hedged on an infinite real estate market.
Harris' prescription was for Luvox, an anti-depressant medication commonly used to treat patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
He was a compulsive autodidact, wanting to know the names and nature of everything.
Yet the compulsive pursuit of more and more connections will not ensure better networks.
Neuropsychology studies show that compulsive hoarders have deficits in executive functioning, attention, memory, organization and emotional regulation.
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The obsessive investing of Carl Icahn's is perhaps in another league, but seems just as compulsive.
Might the problem be more like a compulsion than an addiction, more like compulsive hand-washing than alcoholism?
The good news is that we know a lot more about compulsive shopping than 20 years ago.
It's often seen as a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, but some aspects don't fit the OCD pattern.
Online casinos, on the other hand, often try to make their games as compulsive as they can.
In the postpartum version of the disorder, not surprisingly, the obsessive-compulsive thoughts generally revolve around the baby.
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It is a derivative of the anti-drepessant Anafranil, which is used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorders in humans.
The film is about the accident, but it's also about Malarchuk's battles with obsessive compulsive disorder and depression.
They have much in common: short-term presidencies, compulsive tracking of racial diversity, escalating tuitions and generally leftish politics.
Other strategies include taking a time out from technology (including compulsive email checking) and keeping a regular schedule.
It does not have much hard evidence as an evidence for either major depression or obsessive compulsive disorder.
He then said: "Although she was a compulsive liar, she was a very nice person, " and she agreed.
Once a compulsive need to go back again and again for that release is established, addiction takes hold.
It is so addictive that compulsive players have been asking their doctors for help in kicking the habit.
Many compulsive shoppers also suffer from depression, anxiety or eating disorders, and about half of them are also hoarders.
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