Compulsive Behavior

Compulsive behaviour is defined as; A person performing an act persistently & repetitively without it leading to an actual reward or pleasure! Compulsive behaviours can be an attempt to make obsessions go away.The  act is usually a small, restricted & repetitive behaviour, yet not disturbing in a pathological way. Compulsive behaviours  are a need to reduce apprehension caused by internal feelings a person wants to abstain or control. A major cause of the compulsive behaviours is said to be obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD).The main idea of compulsive behaviour is that the likely excessive activity is not connected to the purpose it appears to be directed to. Also, as well as being associated with obsessive–compulsive disorder,compulsive  behaviour is associated with Compulsive Sexual Behaviour or a lack of control over one’s sexual behaviour. Furthermore, there are many different types of compulsive behaviours including,shopping,hoarding  , eating, gambling, trichotillomania & picking skin, checking ,counting , washing, sex, & more. Also, there are cultural examples of compulsive behaviour.