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If you suffer from sexual compulsion, it is important to know what types of triggers may cause your lack of impulse control.

The film Compulsion tells the fascinating true story of the Leopold and Loeb murder that is far away better than all the other movie versions.

Why it is that so many children who were neglected or abused end up either becoming abusers themselves, or they marry abusers? It seems to defy logic.

Writer is baffled as to why she must go to work when she is sick because it is just plain gross.

Someone having the inate desire to do everything dangerous just for the thrill of it.

According to a press release from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, it appears that New Yorkers have lost some of their compulsion to smoke.

Results vary. For me, the experience of dieting was one of diminishing results. Essentially, my compulsion to eat too much, and for the wrong reasons, was made more resistant to external influences as I played at them.

What is kleptomania? It's a constant compulsion to steal, even when the individual has plenty of money to buy the items. What distinguishes it from typical theft?

Termed "obsessive-compulsive productivity," the reason some people just can't clock out at quitting time.

Binge eating is a form of eating disorder where a patient has a compulsion to overeat or to eat beyond what is normally required rather excessively.

When you first hear the term internet addiction, you may think it is funny. I mean how can the internet be bad for you. But then stop and think of the word addiction itself.

Defensive driving habits need not always be the answer for escaping from the perils that unsafe roads have in the offing for an average Indian. Imagine a defensive driver being grouped under the category of probabilities for road rage.

A compulsion to do things over and over.

Society is all-too familiar with the common vampire as a Hollywood art form, a brooding creature with intense emotion, torn between the compulsion to be good or to do evil.

When he showed up two hours late, the smart thing to do would've been to suggest we skip it altogether and just get a hamburger in town. As it turned out, his lateness was practically a highlight of the evening that became my worst date ever.

Why people who don't know what the weather is outside shouldn't be surprised

Traces links between the development of human sexuality and the evolution of modern capitalist and democratic society. Applies Giddens' text to a number of nineteenth and twentieth century American novels.

Are you in a relationship that you know is bad for you? Do you make up your mind to leave only to go back again? Do you feel like you are on a roller coaster in your love life? If you answered yes to any of these, you are may have a love addiction.

A description of the rules of chess, such as the chess board, piece movements and special rules of chess.

One of the most overlooked sources of new clients for your business is through referral marketing. People are much more likely to hire you or to buy your products if they have received positive feedback from another satisfied client.

Author/journalist Hannibal Tabu interviews the artist formerly known as Jim Owsley about the industry, working at the two biggest publishers in the field and the challenges of being a creator of color.

Cleaning is a chore that should not be reserved for the Spring, but now that it's almost upon us, we'd better start stocking up on ways to rid houses and offices of grime and filth. But take heart, because these products make your job much easier!

In life, there are winners and losers. Yet, people will try to make each other feel better by saying, "Well, you did your best." But the truth of the matter is there are winners and losers. There's not an "almost winner" category for second place.

"Madness in great ones must not unwatched go," is one of the most famous lines from Shakespeare's play, Hamlet. The world of music presented itself with many examples of odd notoriety, but no composer received such harsh scrutiny as Erik Satie.

The word diet is too often relegated to some rather bizarre concept, like only eating grapefruit or eliminating all starches. The Atkins Diet tells you to bulk up on animal fats while the South Beach Diet is at least slightly friendlier.

Fans of real and alternative history willI find Harris' novel to be a true "can't put this down till I finish" book.

Why people make the dietary choices they do, and some strategies for making the best of such choices.

America's fascination with TV/Inernet poker broadcasts. Tips on how to recognize the symptoms of gambling addiction and steps to take if you feel that your teen has a problem.

Have you ever been so angry that you felt like you could breathe fire? Anger is one of our most primitive emotions. Feeling angry creates an adrenaline rush in our bodies and our brains.

An analysis of how our work and identity relate, with a specific look at the writing and actions of Henry David Thoreau as well as Max Weber's discussion of capitalism.

The latest trend around the world today is kids gambling. But how do you know if your child is become obsessed or addicted to gambling? When does it stop being a game and start becoming a problem?

Play It As It Lays by Joan Didion is a novel that seems to centralize the majority of its language on a single main character.

In recent years it seems that many addictions have been more openly discussed in the media as well as in public. It seems that the stigma formerly attached to going into a rehab program is slowly melting away. At least it is for most addictions.

The teachings of Islam indicate a balance between life in this world and life in the next. While often seen as a radical or extreme religion, Muslims consider it the middle road.

A person with an IED diagnosis behaves disproportionately violently and aggressively in situations where such actions are considered extreme; his behavior is inconsistent with the degree or severity of the stressor or situation. Is such behavior rare?

There are five stages of sleep that cycle throughout the sleep process stage one, stage two, stage three, stage four, and non-REM sleep. Occasionally a sixth step is identified as waking. The waking stage begins the sleep cycle.

In the three unfinished novels by Franz Kafka there is a quick and understated burst of sexual energy exhibited by the male protagonists which color their disrupted universe.

"But what about the children?" no one asks in Nella Larsen's Passing. This paper will explore Larsen's dialectic of motherhood between the hyper-sensitive Irene and the perma-detached Clare, and to what ends these versions of motherhood coincide.

Though mostly known as one of New York's great Jewish Objectivist Poets, Charles Reznikoff wrote two novels that are often ignored. This research paper seeks to establish them as great artistic statements.

Born into the Imperial Family with unflattering defects, Claudius was the embarrassment of his relatives who did not even consider him worthy to sit among them at public events. They might have turned in their graves had they known he sat as Emperor.

This article will provide a brief overview of obsessive compulsive disorder.

It's a very good listen by yourself and it's even better with the right company.

Motorcycles and motorists - these two elements cannot exist without the other.

Miranda July's film, ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW, is a welcome breath of fresh air amid the regurgitated Hollywood fare of late.

Alcohol and drug addiction is a disease and can be cured. If you need help, you can stop the cycle of abuse and addiction.

The key to understanding anxiety is to know what it means. The correct term or explanation comes from the Latin word anxius, meaning a condition of agitation and distress.

In the days after September 11th, America has been forced fed a meal of fear. With the United States recently ending its search for WMDs in Iraq, perhaps an old classic should be revisted to put things in perspective.

Some simple rules for keeping your casino experience fun, protecting your wallet and hopefully winning a little money.

The problem with alcohol is not how much you drink necessarily, but what it does to you. Alcohol is a relaxant and can cause depression and agitation the more it is consumed. It dilutes your senses and acts as an inhibitor.