We have all heard of kleptomania .We have seen it in movies and we even know mediatic stars that suffer from it, but what do we really know about kleptomania? Can it be avoided? Let's find out more about this disorder and those who suffer from it: the kleptomanians.
Unable to stop stealing: kleptomanians
The kleptomania is an unstoppable impulse , a disorder that leads the sufferer to appropriate the alien but without his motivation being the get rich or cause evil any.This fact is the barrier that separates the thief who commits small thefts of the person suffering from kleptomania.

The kleptomanian is the individual who suffers a psychological disorder that leads to an action repetitive and uncontrolled : make small thefts.Its purpose is not in what I can achieve with that action, but in the action itself. There is no premeditation or planned , just can't control the i mpulso to steal something.

Studies among those affected by kleptomania show that this disorder can be hereditary, like many impulse control.There are also cases in which it has occurred due to a blow to the head .It has nothing to do the economic level or the educational level. More in women that in men and adolescence and post-adolescence are the epochs of life in which it usually manifests for the first time.

This disorder has a series of symptoms such as being usually accompanied by anxiety , the inability to resist, recurring thoughts around I steal and, finally, a release when committing the theft that is immediately accompanied by a great regret .The latter leads him to throw or give away the stolen object.You really don't care at all.You don't need to own something, just steal it.In addition to the aforementioned anxiety, kleptomania can be accompanied by depression, eating disorders and addictive behaviors .

Your Healing is impaired due to the fact that sometimes the kleptoman feels shame of his actions and does not ask for help and other is confused with other disorders.If is correctly diagnosed, you can start a process that leads to overcoming the disorder.These are methods to get control of impulses such as behavioral and cognitive therapies , techniques to learn to relax and, in some cases, the use of psychoactive drugs.
In any case It is important to detect these behaviors, especially in adolescents, and advise them to get help as soon as possible.If you are interested in behavior-related issues, you may want to know more about antisocial personality disorder.
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