The Consequences of Compulsion

Self determination theory makes a distinction between feeling a compulsion to do something that calls that intrejected motivation would feel guilty. And so if you are acting with a compulsion, it's true you do not feel as free. When you act with that sense of not being free, it negatively affects your well being. But I take a little bit of a stronger position in my book and say that it's always us making the choices whether we feel compelled to do them or not. We're signing off on them.

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