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A substantial number of patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) report compulsions that are preceded not by obsessions but by subjective experiences known as sensory phenomena.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by the presence of obsessions and/or compulsions that are time-consuming and usually provoke distress [ 1].

Simply put, those who have an understanding of the underlying compulsions that drive hoarding are better equipped to support people in managing their space.

But the minute he tries to analyze the psychological compulsions that drove the Witch to become what he characterizes as a "feminist assassin," he reduces her to just another male fantasy of an angry woman.

Psychiatrists call such desires paraphilias, a broad class of unusual compulsions that include pedophilia and sexual sadism; they are thought to be rooted in neural abnormalities traceable to early brain development.

At the same time, he nourished deep-seated anxieties and compulsions that made him fearful of taking on any challenge, one of the major themes of "The Quitter" (2005).

Obsessive manicured graphite scribbles imply a fanatical compulsion that came to characterize the artist's work throughout the decade.

With no pretense to objectivity, Vertov strove to capture life in all its sensory particulars, a compulsion that remains central in debates about documentary form and technique.

"His response was that he had a sexual compulsion that was a disability that the company needed to accommodate," Ms. Soyster said.

Gorman's 71,000-mile Googlewhack adventure is animated by the same completist compulsion that saw him travel the world in search of his namesakes.

Transit officials say there are umpteen train buffs who on occasion break the law, but none with the repeat compulsion that drives Mr. McCollum.