An interesting Disorder-Kleptomania
An interesting Disorder-Kleptomania
Are you familiar with the term ‘Kleptomania’? Have you ever notice few rich people stealing different things at a super market? Why is it so? What makes them to do such things? Well, there are number of reasons for it. This is the disorder we call ‘Kleptomania.’ Let’s find out more about it.
What is Kleptomania?
Stealing, itself, is not a good habit but when this habit becomes a part of your behavior, it gets worst. Now, this is what you call Kleptomania. It is a form of habitual stealing where a person feels satisfaction in doing so.
This kind of patients don’t feel any difficulty of being caught, they try different techniques to do so. They can never change their behavior no matter how many times they are being insulted due to this behavior. They feel like conquering the world when they steal their required stuff. This is a rare disorder. Every stealing is not kleptomania.
Science behind the Disorder:
The disorder has surely some scientific basis as well.
There is always a hormonal disbalance which triggers the behavior of stealing repeatedly. Genetics can also contributes to this. If a person have this disorder in its family history, he may likely to get into this soon in life. Inferiority complex can also ease this disorder. When a person knows that he can’t afford a particular thing, he might likely to engage in this behavior to overcome his inferior feelings.
How to Deal with it?
Healthy Conversations:
By word healthy conversations, we mean having a friendly communication with the person suffering from it. Listening to them and then showing positive behavior can lower down their inferiority complex and in turn decreases Kleptomania.
Talking to a Therapist:
There are number of therapies that treat patients with this disorder. These are behavior therapies and many other relapse prevention therapies which also aid this issue..
Conclusion:
This is a disorder that we should take seriously. Try to see a therapist when this behavior persists for more than six months in total.
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