Phenomenological observations have suggested that symptoms of repetitive hair-pulling are reminiscent of the compulsions seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) [ 2, 3].
In both cases the Parkinson's symptoms improved and the compulsions stopped.
Labour had no choice but to accept the compulsions of globalisation.
The way to stop the ride and get off, he said, was to resist the compulsions.
But though the compulsions of personality are strong, the logic of American politics is stronger.
"We have been obliged to respond to the compulsions of our society and have merely acted in self-defense".
We learned how the compulsions are a short cut that helps relieve anxiety, but only for a short while.
Short for 'purely obsessional', the word is a misnomer, as the compulsions are very much present, they're merely hidden.
Yet, the compulsions of politics have cast him today in the role of a financially profligate, crowd-pleasing socialist.
"That's why it catches on with people who use it in a lighthearted way but probably haven't experienced the compulsions.
And beneath the story on the surface there is always another, told more subtly, about the compulsions, desires and anxieties that animate the first.
