Repetitive behaviours
The Neurodivergent Woman
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The Overlap Between Hoarding and Repetitive Behaviors in Autism
There have been studies that also looked at the hyperactive part of ADHD and found that people who have the combined type may also be behind the accumulation of items. So again, rather than looking at it from like an OCD, obsessiveness sort of component, it's actually coming from that impulse to kind of dopamine buy or not being able to budget for things. But usually the level of accumulation and hoarding is not as intense if it really is more a collection of items around a special interest.
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