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Is it love, lust - or is it an obsession?

Article Abstract:

When a love goes beyond being a relationship and takes on the qualities of uncontrollable, extreme passion, it has become an obsession. Researchers have found that women who are in the early, intense stages of a new love relationship, have similar brain-wave patterns to women who are experiencing an obsession.

Physiological aspects, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Obsessive compulsive disorder

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Do you spend the way you eat?

Article Abstract:

Research indicates that approaches to dieting and eating can follow similar patterns to saving and spending habits, suggesting that eating patterns should be identified in order to predict and alter spending habits accordingly. A quiz is presented to help identify behavioural patterns.

Food habits

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'I couldn't stop shopping.'

Article Abstract:

A housewife shares her addiction to shopping. Despite the recognition of the problem, she continued to excessively shop, even to the point of incurring debts mainly because of the psychological pleasure and satisfaction associated with such form of addiction.

Personal narratives, Shopping, Housewives

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