compulsive
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Addictions, compulsive work habits, emotional outbursts, chronic anxiety and even physical illness may result when trauma remains unresolved.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
I’m all too aware of how quickly behavior can turn compulsive and how even the most temperate individual can unknowingly find themselves in over their head.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
There are also treatment, support groups and other resources to help people with compulsive gambling and spending, and buying her a house will not necessarily make the problem go away.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
Kershaw, who had a take home pay of £1,400 a month, claimed to have a "compulsive shopping addiction", and give money to beggars, as well as pay household bills.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Oppenheimer’s compulsive polymathy, however, pointed to his one outstanding intellectual flaw: he lacked the patience to make a single subject his own.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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