Compulsive behavior

Compulsive behavior is defined as the persistent and repeated performance of an action without necessarily resulting in actual reward or pleasure. Compulsive behavior may be an attempt to make obsessions disappear. The act is usually a small, limited and repetitive behavior, but not disruptive in a pathological way. Compulsive behavior is a need to reduce anxiety caused by internal feelings that a person wants to avoid or control. A major cause of compulsive behavior is obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCS). "The main idea of compulsive behavior is that the probable excessive activity is unrelated to the purpose for which it appears to be directed," he said. Furthermore, there are many different types of compulsive behaviors, including shopping, hoarding, eating, gambling, trichotillomania and skin picking, itching, checking, counting, laundry, sex and more. There are also cultural examples of compulsive behaviors.

Treatment BeterKlinic

BeterKliniek is the clinic for Integrative Medicine that bridges regular and non-regular medicine.

An van Veen (physician) and Michael van Gils (therapist) look for the cause of a condition or disease. That is where the treatment starts otherwise, as people often say, it is 'carrying water to the sea'. We call this cause medicine. Sometimes it is also desirable to treat the symptoms (at the same time). We call this symptom medicine.

Chronic disorders often have their cause in epi- genetics. You can schedule a free informative telephone consultation (phone number 040-7117337 until 1 p.m.) at BeterKliniek to discuss your symptoms so that we can provide you with further advice.