Compulsion, Compulsive, Compelling, or Compulsory may refer to:

Psychology

Compulsive behavior Compulsive behavior (or compulsion) is defined as performing an action persistently and repetitively. Compulsive behaviors could be an attempt to make obsessions go away. Compulsive behaviors are a need to reduce apprehension caused by internal ...

, a psychological condition in which a person does a behavior compulsively, having an overwhelming feeling that they must do so. *

Obsessive–compulsive disorder Obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental disorder in which an individual has intrusive thoughts (an ''obsession'') and feels the need to perform certain routines (''Compulsive behavior, compulsions'') repeatedly to relieve the dis ...

, a mental disorder characterized by intrusive thoughts that produce anxiety and by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing that anxiety.

Film and television

* ''Compulsion'' (1959 film), an American film based on Meyer Levin's novel (see below) * ''Compulsion'' (2009 film), a British television drama inspired by the Jacobean tragedy ''The Changeling'' * ''Compulsion'' (2013 film), a Canadian thriller directed by Egidio Coccimiglio * ''Compulsion'' (2016 film), an erotic thriller film directed by Craig Goodwill * "Compulsion" (''CSI''), a 2005 TV episode * ''

Compulsions ''Compulsions'' is a drama web series which debuted Dec 01, 2009 on Dailymotion.com. The show stars Craig Frank as Mark Sandler, an admitted Sadist leading a life with a dull desk job, alongside Justine Davis as Janna Bossier, Mark's friend and ...

'', a 2009 American web series

Literature

* ''Compulsion'' (Hutson novel), a 2001 horror novel by Shaun Hutson * ''Compulsion'' (Levin novel), a 1956 novel and 1957 adapted play by Meyer Levin ** ''Compulsion'', a 2010 play about Levin, by

Rinne Groff Rinne Groff (aka Rinne Becker Groff) is an American playwright and performer. Biography Groff was trained at Yale University and New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where she currently teaches. A founding member of Elevator Repair Serv ...

* ''Compulsion'', a 2008

Alex Delaware Alex Delaware is a literary character created by American writer Jonathan Kellerman. The Alex Delaware detective series begins with ''When the Bough Breaks'', published in 1985. Delaware appears in 39 of Kellerman's popular murder mysteries. Kell ...

novel by Jonathan Kellerman * "Compulsive", a storyline in the science fiction comedy webtoon series ''

Live with Yourself! ''Live with Yourself!'' (''LWY'') is a science fiction comedy webtoon series written and drawn by Andrew "Shen" Tsyaston and David J. Catman. Initially created by the former before passing creative control to the latter, it follows computer su ...

Music

Compulsion (band) Compulsion were an Irish punk band. They were formed in 1990 by Josephmary (singer) and Sid Rainey (bassist) as Thee Amazing Colossal Men. They signed a recording contract with Virgin Records, but after winning a lawsuit against their recor ...

, a 1990–1997 Irish punk rock band * ''Compulsion'' (album), by Andrew Hill, 1966 * "Compulsion", a song by Joe Crow, covered by Martin Gore on ''

Counterfeit EP ''Counterfeit EP'' is the first solo recording by Martin L. Gore, the primary songwriter for the band Depeche Mode. Background Released in 1989, ''Counterfeit'' is a six-song EP of cover songs, hence the name, implying that the songs were not ...

'', 1989 * "Compulsion", a song by Röyksopp from ''

The Inevitable End ''The Inevitable End'' is the fifth studio album by Norwegian electronic music duo Röyksopp, released on 7 November 2014 by Dog Triumph. Svein Berge stated the album has a "dark energy", while Robyn described the album as "sad, but it's not co ...

'', 2014

Video games

Compulsion Games Compulsion Games Inc. is a Canadian video game developer and a studio of Xbox Game Studios based in Montreal. Established in 2009 by ex-Arkane Studios developer Guillaume Provost, the studio developed the 2013 puzzle-platform game ''Contrast (v ...

, a Canadian video game developer

Psychology

Film and television

Literature

Music

Video games

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