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The Whistling, Part 4

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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What Is Compulsive Compulsive Disorder?

The man would whistle the songn on a loop all day pretty much, and that at certain points they could make him doing it. The repetitive whistling of a carnival song non stop for five to eight hours a day could be considered an example of what psychiatrists would call compulsivity. So in impulsivity, you feel an urge to do something, but some process taking place in your frontal lobe tells you that's not appropriate and stops you from doing it. But compulsive behaviors are performed to prevent perceived negative consequence s from happening.

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