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Compulsive behavior
This often refers to repetitive behavior which is far in excess of useful purpose, which tends to cause high levels of anxiety if it is not completed and which interferes with functioning in one or more areas. Severely repetitive handwashing, rigidy putting things in order over and over, counting over and over, and rituals done to prevent some imagined consequence are common examples.
Dr. Ernest Bordini reviewed this
34 year experience in Clinical Psychology, Neuropsychology
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