What is the difference between these two? Like for example, overeating can be one or the other right?
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Impulsive is doing what ever pops into your mind in the moment. Definition: acting or done without forethought.
Compulsive is doing what your mind says to do even if you do not want to do it. Definition: resulting from or relating to an irresistible urge, especially one that is against one’s conscious wishes.
Think of Obsessives Compulsive Disorder (OCD), they don’t really want to wash their hands 10 times in a row and say “tick tock the clock says wash” every time but they are compelled by their brain to do so (made up OCD scenario). Another example would be Tourette Syndrome, they definitely don’t want to yell “I’m a bomb” in an airport but they might have no choice.
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