Repetition compulsion, or repetitive compulsion, involves repeating physically or emotionally painful situations that happened in the past. Repetition compulsion is also sometimes called trauma ...

You like your kitchen sink to shine, and your stove can never be clean enough. Does that mean you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)? Answering that question requires a deeper look into what OCD ...

In psychology, obsessions are repeated and unwanted thoughts that cause anxiety. Compulsions are repetitive behaviors people perform to temporarily relieve this anxiety. For example, a person may have ...