Even checking email can become a compulsive behavior that's hard to stop.

甚至查收电子邮件也能变成一种难以抑制的强迫行为。

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Now, the notion of compulsive behavior is not without difficulties of its own.

现在，受强制行为的概念是本身蕴涵着困难的行为。

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At its extreme, an emotional relationship to a number can creep into obsessive-compulsive behavior.

在极端情况下，数字的情感联想可能会潜入强迫性的行为。

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Dr. Eric Hollander, expert in compulsive behavior at Mt.

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The dialogue you have currently is mostly unmanaged, and a collection of old thoughts, both conscious and unconscious, (mostly unconscious) fears, compulsive behavior, things that worked well once upon a time, and so on.

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