What are compulsions?
Basic and strong drives produced by the subconscious to drive our behaviour.
Notes
Compulsions are hard to ignore but we know when they are running. Compulsions become stronger over time so that they impinge more and more on our consciousness until we perform the act that they are aimed at.
Examples of compulsions include the urge to urinate or defecate, hunger and thirst, strong fear (terror/panic), sexual attention, post-traumatic disorders, and exhaustion.
Compulsions are experienced primarily as feelings although they can also cloud and gradually suppress our normal conscious states.
Compulsions are a response to bodily needs but can be triggered by the situation or can change in magnitude according to changes in situation.
Generally, compulsions seem to be generated in the Subconscious and most are resistant to attempted conscious control.
Compulsions seem to be basic and primitive drivers of behaviour.