I have a mania to buy pens after every 2 days. I don't know how I can remove this disease from me. Can someone please tell me the way to remove this mania and can you please suggest me a name of a good & high quality ball pen. I'm waiting for your answers.
2007-03-22 06:27:13 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
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2007-03-22 06:30:21 · answer #1 · answered by Reba 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some manias are caused by anxiety--you feel anxious about something and your mind translates that into an obsessive thought ("I must buy pens!") and then a compulsive action (going to the store and buying the pens).
Obesessive compulsive behaviour is actually not that rare. Its estimated that 10% of Americans engage in OCD behaviours. The underlying cause, as I've said, is anxiety, probably about something completely unrealated to the pens. Buying them in a coping mechanism.
If you really want to stop the behaviour you have to treat the anxiety. Go see your doctor and ask him to put you on Lexapro or another anti-anxiety med and see if it helps. Sometimes drugs alone can give you a chance to behave differently. Sometimes behaviour modification therapy is needed (probably not here though, this doesn't sound that serious to me). The drug should just give you a window to see that you really don't NEED to fulfill the compulsion in order to release the anxiety.
Take care and good luck!
2007-03-22 13:54:53 · answer #2 · answered by cyranothe2nd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DUDE... The best pen ever is the unibal 'signo'. It is a gel pen and I started using them in 2001. since then I have not used anything else. I hate pencils and prefer to type stuff, but sometimes that is not an option. sometimes I have to use someone elses pen and it makes me want to trangle myself with some razor wire. As for your addiction... I reccomend just following it where ever it takes you. If you love pens start buying them everyday... Mortgage your house, then sell your house, sell your car, rob your grandma's social security check. ANYTHING TO GET MORE PENS! Then move on to something bigger like sniffing glue. Come on... this cannot possibly be a real addiction. Excersize a little self-control. Side note, I am addicted to giving horrible yahoo! answer responses, email me if you know how I can stop. LOL!
2007-03-22 13:39:03 · answer #3 · answered by blameless7 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stop buying pens and when you feel you need to buy a pen then stand against it.
2007-03-22 13:35:21 · answer #4 · answered by janne5011 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple, do something else that's odd, like stealing stickers.
2007-03-22 13:49:40 · answer #5 · answered by Luis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋