Repetition compulsion is a psychological phenomenon in which a person repeats a traumatic event or its circumstances over and over again. This includes reenacting the event or putting oneself in situations where the event is likely to happen again. This `re-living` can also take the form of dreams in which memories and feelings of what happened .....
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In psychoanalysis, the tendency to repeat earlier experiences or actions, in an unconscious effort to achieve belated mastery over them; a morbid need to repeat a particular behaviour such as handwashing or repeated checking to see if the door is locked. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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In psychoanalytic theory, the impulse to reenact earlier emotional experiences. Considered by Freud
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Type: Term Pronunciation: rep′ĕ-tish′ŭn-kŏm-pŭl′shŭn Definitions: 1. In psychoanalysis, the tendency to repeat earlier experiences or actions, in an unconscious effort to achieve belated mastery over them; a morbid need to repeat a particular behavior such as handwashing or repeated checking to see whether...
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