Kleptomania is in the impulse disorder group. This disease is the inability to prevent the urge to steal objects that have no monetary value, even though the person has a need. Awareness about this disease is very important. In general, it may take time for relatives of people with stealing disease to notice this disease. Because a person has to buy objects that he does not need and will not use, rather than buying material things that have monetary value. Therefore, his environment may lose time in noticing this situation. A person who has an irrepressible urge to steal usually has the financial means to buy the object he/she steals. They are aware of this, but they cannot stop it themselves. As a result, they engage in avoidance behavior in order to prevent this uncontrollable impulse. They try to prevent this situation by restricting their social environments or not going to shopping malls and stores.
Is it possible to treat it?
Kleptomania is an impulse disorder that can be treated. However, in the general picture, there are people who are ashamed of this situation or who do not know that this condition is a disease, so they have little desire to receive treatment and little acceptance of the situation. The person's recognition of the situation and acceptance of his illness has an important place in the treatment process. The important thing in treatment is to identify the reasons underlying and supporting this urge to steal, and then begin treatment after understanding the degree of the act of stealing. Kleptomania; It can frequently be seen together with eating disorders, depression, trichotillamania (hair-pulling disease), and anxiety disorders. Cognitive behavioral therapy is applied in the treatment and positive results are obtained.
What are the reasons?
Stress is a very effective cause of klepteomania. However, apart from the stress factor, people who have not received enough love and attention from their parents since childhood, people who have a limited social circle, the idea of not being loved and accepted by their environment, people who experience frequent failures in their lives, people who feel lonely in this system, people who do not belong to a certain group, The thought and truth can cause people to have the urge to steal. Because the person experiences intense anxiety before the act of stealing. He feels excitement and excitement, and intense happiness and pleasure during the act of playing. In other words, since the person can provide the feelings and thoughts that he cannot provide in his life, in the act of stealing, the behavior of stealing is reinforced and he becomes unable to control it. Professional psychological support should be sought without wasting time.
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