Usually means: Repeating behaviors to resolve trauma.
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  1. repetition-compulsion, repetition compulsion: Dictionary.com
  2. Repetition compulsion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. Repetition compulsion: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Repetition compulsion, Repetition compulsion: Legal dictionary

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  1. repetition compulsion: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  4. repetition-compulsion, repetition compulsion: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Repetition compulsion)

noun:  the unconscious tendency of a person to repeat a traumatic event or its circumstances.


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