compulsives
Those who must
Compulsives are people driven by compulsions—irresistible urges to perform certain behaviors, often repeatedly.
The term typically describes those with obsessive-compulsive tendencies: The compulsives in the office couldn't leave until every desk was perfectly aligned.
It groups people by their inability to resist particular impulses, whether cleaning, checking, or other ritualized actions.
Those who bet
- shoppersPeople purchasing goods
- spendersThose who use money
- overeatersPeople who consume excessively
- exercisersThose who train physically
overachievers · thrill-seekers · obsessives · fixated · dependent · reward-seeking · pleasure-seeking · self-medicating
Excessive keepers of things
- collectorsThose who systematically acquire
- countersSurfaces, talliers, or chips
- checkersDiagonal jumping board game
- washersFlat discs under nuts
repeaters · arrangers · straighteners · tappers · pickers · nail-biters · ritualists · repetitive
Curative mental treatment
- CBTPsychological treatment abbreviation
- ERPIntegrated business management software
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
- SSRIsSelective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
psychiatry · psychology · diagnosis · OCD · disorder · recovery · intervention · mindfulness
People with consuming fixations
- worriersChronically anxious people
- overthinkersPeople who dwell excessively
- ruminatorsOnes who dwell mentally
- catastrophizersThose who magnify setbacks
neurotics · panickers · fretters · apprehensive · restless · agitated · unsettled · on-edge
Those demanding flawless standards
- micromanagersExcessively controlling supervisors
- orderersThose who request goods
- organizersThose who coordinate activities
- schedulersThose who arrange timing
planners · regulators · disciplinarians · neat-freaks · systematizers · overcontrollers · inflexible · meticulous
gamblers
Those who bet
- shoppersPeople purchasing goods
- spendersThose who use money
- overeatersPeople who consume excessively
exercisers · overachievers · thrill-seekers · obsessives · fixated · dependent · reward-seeking · pleasure-seeking · self-medicating
hoarders
Excessive keepers of things
- collectorsThose who systematically acquire
- countersSurfaces, talliers, or chips
- checkersDiagonal jumping board game
washers · repeaters · arrangers · straighteners · tappers · pickers · nail-biters · ritualists · repetitive · habitual
therapy
Curative mental treatment
- CBTPsychological treatment abbreviation
- ERPIntegrated business management software
- medicationTherapeutic substance for illness
SSRIs · psychiatry · psychology · diagnosis · OCD · disorder · recovery · intervention · mindfulness · relapse
obsessives
People with consuming fixations
- worriersChronically anxious people
- overthinkersPeople who dwell excessively
- ruminatorsOnes who dwell mentally
catastrophizers · neurotics · panickers · fretters · apprehensive · restless · agitated · unsettled · on-edge · high-strung
perfectionists
Those demanding flawless standards
- micromanagersExcessively controlling supervisors
- orderersThose who request goods
- organizersThose who coordinate activities
schedulers · planners · regulators · disciplinarians · neat-freaks · systematizers · overcontrollers · inflexible · meticulous · fastidious
- addictsaddicts, addict, junkies, drug addict, drug addicts
- patientspatient, inpatients, inpatient, outpatients, outpatient
compulsivesmoderates
Reduces intensity or extremity
dabblers · dilettantes · abstainers · hobbyists · casuals
- compulsive shopperOne who buys uncontrollably
- compulsive eatingUncontrollable urge to overeat
- compulsive gamblingInability to resist betting
- obsessive-compulsive disorderAnxiety disorder with rituals
- obsessive compulsive disorderAnxiety disorder with repetitive behaviors
- compulsive gamblerOne addicted to wagering
compulsive, compulsively, compulsiveness, compulsivity, obsessive-compulsive