Repetition compulsion involves repeatedly engaging in behaviors or seeking experiences that echo early life experiences, including past traumas. Despite the negative consequences that a person ...

The “repetition compulsion” is a basic concept in psychotherapy. The compulsion to repeat is particularly interesting because what is repeated is not pleasurable. On the contrary, it is usually a ...

Carol Saller’s recent post on repetition inspires me to say just a little more about the subject. Let me take the sentence I just wrote, and you just read, as a path to talking about the basic issue ...