Ashamed Quote by Arca

“The instinct that drives compulsion is universal. It is an attempt to solve the problem of disconnection, alienation, tepid despair... the problem is ultimately…

— Russell Brand

Somewhere between obsession and compulsion is impulse.

— Alexander Pushkin

I think that I am a compulsive person, but now I'm learning to put those compulsions into healthy things.

— Michelle Pfeiffer

“In chapter 3, “Redesigning the Brain,” we learned two key laws of plasticity that also underlie this treatment. The first is that Neurons that…

— Norman Doidge

Many people weigh the guilt, they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.

— Peter McWilliams

I've had a lot of compulsions throughout my life which mainly started as a teen around the time I was doing exams.

— Jon Richardson

Guilt? It's this mechanism we use to control people. It's an illusion. It's a kind of social control mechanism -- and it's very unhealthy.…

— Ted Bundy

ADDICTION - A dictating disease inwardly created to impress on nerves. Addiction is to the mind, like lust is to sex.

— Ritu Ghatourey

any compulsion tries to justify itself.

— Joan Didion

“Compulsive behavior occurs when the urge to act out is greater than our will to say no. Recovery then, is the process of reversing…

— Roger Stark

Compulsion in the literal Sense is maliciously misrepresented, by supposing it authorizes Violences committed against the Truth. The Answer to this; by which it…

— Pierre Bayle

I have talked about choosing rather than acting from compulsion. When you feel that you have to live according to someone else's direction or…

— Virginia Satir