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Coping mechanisms: Stress and trauma is often the underlying cause of this type of behavior.

Personality: Sometimes certain personality traits such as impulsivity or perfectionism may make a person more likely to engage in repetition compulsion.

They may struggle to tolerate difficult emotions or criticism, which may lead them to respond in ways that are disproportionate to the situation. Emotional dysregulation: Repetition compulsion may also occur when people have poorly regulated emotional responses to negative events.

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Conditioned associations: Repetitive behaviors can sometimes emerge because a person has formed associations that make the behavior almost automatic. Annuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos 1996A: Basic Documents pertaining to Human Rights in the Inter-American System.Attachment issues: People who have attachment problems due to early neglect or trauma may find themselves repeatedly seeking out unhealthy relationships in adulthood.Unconscious patterns: As Freud originally suggested, unconscious patterns can lead people to engage in behaviors that are unhelpful or harmful without the person understanding why they are doing so.

Compulsion by Claudy Conn