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    Are you impulsive or compulsive? That is the question! For me, I am both. It drives me nuts sometimes.

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    Impulsive, I guess. Never really thought about it.

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    I'm impulsive. I get to a point I say trout it, let's do it.

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    um.... what do these mean?

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    Impulsive I guess. But are these two things mutually exclusive? They're not polar opposites of each other or anything.

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    I think im very much compulsive but I can be impulsive when compulsive gets boring

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    Yeah, I am definitely both in varying degrees.

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    Compulsive in some ways

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    With my talking. Impulsive. With my actions id say a mix. or rather there are times i do think. but the thinking gets me screwed. i dont fully understand the meanings so excuse me if im wrong

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    I'm expulsive and repulsive. The second one ties into what I'm expelling, really.

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    Impulsive as trout.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pheesh View Post
    Impulsive I guess. But are these two things mutually exclusive? They're not polar opposites of each other or anything.
    I had to look at a dictionary definition, and I'm still struggling.

    I guess it depends on the situation? I'm normally loathe to make the first move or one for spontaneity, but in a few situations I do jump in (normally for a friend) without thinking of the long-term consequences.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Galuf View Post
    um.... what do these mean?
    Compulsive means when you do things out of habit or thought of already. Impulsive is when you do things that lack any thinking. You just do it , taking risks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Formalhaut View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Pheesh View Post
    Impulsive I guess. But are these two things mutually exclusive? They're not polar opposites of each other or anything.
    I had to look at a dictionary definition, and I'm still struggling.

    I guess it depends on the situation? I'm normally loathe to make the first move or one for spontaneity, but in a few situations I do jump in (normally for a friend) without thinking of the long-term consequences.
    I will compulsively write a shopping list for my weekly shop, but impulsively purchase something that wasn't on the list that I fancied when I saw it. I think that's an example that everyone can relate to that shows how the two coexist very naturally.

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