Sentence examples for uncontrollable compulsion from inspiring English sources

Instead, she sounds like someone who's watched too many Vince Vaughn films and now has an uncontrollable compulsion to babble on directionlessly about nothing in an impenetrable monotone all the time.

If this was the case, the intern explained, the problem was a condition known as psychogenic polydipsia, an uncontrollable compulsion to drink, usually — but not always — due to mental illness.

That need, in turn, infuses them with an almost uncontrollable compulsion for conflict that transcends actual threats or rational political programs.

A particular strength of Mr. Langella's performance and Mr. Pendleton's script is that they are able to suggest both Junius's uncontrollable compulsions and an abiding melancholy awareness of their effects.

"In my research into the pop culture figure of the mass murderer, I saw a distinction between the modern, Freudian 'psychokiller,' a person who himself was the victim, so to speak, of uncontrollable compulsions to kill, versus the postmodern, rational, deliberate 'serial killer.'".

But three years ago, her wife Heather became pregnant, Warners dropped the band, and the compulsion became uncontrollable.

OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) is a common, chronic and long-lasting disorder in which a person has uncontrollable, reoccurring thoughts (obsessions) and behaviors (compulsions) that he or she feels the urge to repeat over and over.

This resulted in a heightened ability to regulate compulsive behavior, whereas prior to MBCT, compulsions had been perceived as rather uncontrollable.

Obsessions are perceived as intrusive and uncontrollable, generate marked uneasiness and have a greater impact on QOL than compulsions, which may be considered necessary for controlling the anxiety and discomfort.

Commonly known as "stick fever," this condition includes among its symptoms an uncontrollable urge to wave one's right arm in time with music and a compulsion to impress one's interpretive ideas on large groups of musicians.

The list of creative modern-life compulsions is endless but their function is singular: to attempt to obtain control over the uncontrollable.