Disturbing Behaviors or Impulses

Sometimes you may find that your impulses or behaviors may be distressing for you or may lead you to get you into some kind of trouble.

Following are some of the possible areas where you may be having difficulty managing your behaviors or impulses and they may present a problem for you.

• COMPULSIVE BEHAVIORS (You HAVE To Do Something — and Have to Keep Doing It)
  • Engaging in Rituals
    • Hand Washing
    • Counting
    • Repeating Certain Behaviors
  • Touch Something 3 Times (or x times)
  • Take A Certain Driving Route
  • Checking Behaviors & Rituals (Examples)
    • Checking Locks (A Certain Number Of Times)
    • Part Of Bedtime Ritual
    • Part Of Leaving Home Ritual
    • Leaving Car
    • Checking Stove To See If It’s Turned Off
• ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
  • Eating Related
  • Drugs Or Alcohol
  • Sex
  • Gambling
  • Spending
  • Computer Gaming
  • TV Watching
  • Smoking
  • Cutting (Self-Mutilation)
  • Work
  • Exercise

• IMPULSIVE BEHAVIORS
  • Difficulty Managing Feelings (Having To Act On Them)
    • Anger
      • Verbal Outbursts
      • Swearing/Name Calling
      • Saying Things You Don’t Mean And Later Regret
        • Saying Things Without Regard To Consequences That Later Get You In Trouble
    • Physical Actions
      • Hitting/Throwing Things
      • Hitting People
    • Sexual Feelings

• PROBLEMATIC IMPULSES/BEHAVIORS
  • Not Just Having These Thoughts, But The Impulses Feel Irresistible
    • You REALLY Want To Do It
      • Suicidal Impulses/Attempts
      • Violent Impulses/Actions
      • Homicidal Impulses/Attempts

• PROBLEMATIC BEHAVIORS
  • Stealing Things (Kleptomania)
  • Fire Setting (Pyromania)

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