psychopathology: obsession

An obsession is a thought or image repeated in spite of its inappropriateness or intrusiveness and associated discomfort. The thought and efforts to stop it can be disabling.

Also: obsessive-compulsive disorder, compulsion

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Cleo From 5 to 7 Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller 1962

Mysterious Creatures Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Daryl Fishwick 2007

Rachman, Stanley The Treatment of Obsessions (Paperback - December 2002)

Undercurrent Katharine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, Robert Mitchum 1946