My ex-husband, a stock broker, was a compulsive gambler who lost a fortune of my inheritance.
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He then said: "Although she was a compulsive liar, she was a very nice person, " and she agreed.
Or it knows you are a compulsive shopper: it can flash a warning on your credit card balance as you consider another purchase.
Ninon (Nathalie Richard), a compulsive thief who loves to dance, is a motor-scooting and roller-blading messenger on the run from the police.
Serena, a compulsive reader of fiction, is sent on a secret mission to convert a promising young novelist, Tom Haley, to the cause.
"If you truly believe you can win and have a compulsive belief that you can control the outcome, that is a sign of an unhealthy relationship with gambling, " he said.
He drank to cope, "entered a devastating cycle of depression and alcohol abuse, " and became a manic, compulsive gambler in which he lost a "significant amount of money in an attempt to make back business losses, " the lawsuit said.
He is a compulsive talker, his incessant conversational stream tracking the course of his volatile emotions.
He was a compulsive autodidact, wanting to know the names and nature of everything.
Once a compulsive need to go back again and again for that release is established, addiction takes hold.
The Deripaska episode epitomises what some regard as his biggest flaw: though clever, he is sometimes impetuous and a compulsive political game-player.
Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a major photographer, a pioneering gallery owner, a generous collector, a self-appointed cultural commissar and a compulsive polemicist.
Mr Davies later announced he was bisexual and had had psychiatric treatment for a compulsive disorder which attracted him to high-risk situations.
Additionally, compulsive gamblers have a higher incidence of divorce and other social impacts that lead to an economic drain on the economy.
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But, rather like a crash diet for a compulsive eater, it does not solve the underlying problem and it could have unwelcome side-effects.
Earlier this month, a relative of witness M, who did not testify at last year's trial, swore an affidavit branding him a compulsive liar, the court heard.
Courts that once found his chilling descriptions of the victims and the murder scenes enough proof to convict him now realize they may have been duped by a compulsive liar.
Psychiatrist Jeffrey Schwartz at UCLA puts patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder through a series of exercises to focus their brains on, say, working or playing music, instead of on behaviors such as obsessive hand-washing.
At that point she becomes an obsessive organizer of the search, and a compulsive scourge of anyone who threatens to stand in her way. (One fatuous Pakistani functionary insists that the abduction is an Indian plot.) Given Angelina Jolie's celebrity, the obvious danger in such a take-no-prisoners style of acting was imposing herself on the real-life story, but that hasn't happened.
However, researchers say it is not clear whether compulsive internet use is a distinct problem or an expression of other underlying problems such as obsessive compulsive disorders.
Other strategies include taking a time out from technology (including compulsive email checking) and keeping a regular schedule.
Dr. April Benson, a psychologist and author of books on compulsive spending, said this is a good time for families to bond over experiences instead of purchases.
Mulcahy came up with the idea for an app for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder that is a fully comprehensive tool with versions for children and adults.
The Court of Appeal in Belfast heard that a new witness has come forward who has said a key prosecution witness in the 2012 trial is a "compulsive liar".
Excessive grooming can be a symptom of obsessive-compulsive disorder, aggression and violence can indicate anxiety, and a refusal to eat can suggest depression in an animal.
Compulsive shopping was described over a century ago by German psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin.
Compulsive shoppers have reported experiencing a sense of tension or anxiety before buying and feeling a sense of relief after a purchase.
Compulsive shoppers themselves often have a sense of what drives them.
Maybe, I thought, if I ordered this wireless Kindle 2 I would be pulled into a world of compulsive, demonic book consumption, like Pippin staring at the stone of Orthanc.
Maybe I have a obsessive-compulsive disorder concerning my dog.
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