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According to psychologists the majority of people who suffer from this disease are women that may continue their suffering for 15 years and sometimes even more.
Kleptomania was the disease that always provoked negative attitude to people sick with it because ordinary and healthy people couldn’t understand how the person can’t stop from taking something from supermarket referring such behaviour to bad education.
Kleptomania doesn’t suppose that kleptomaniac has no conscience. He/she really has it, simply he/she can’t fight his/her disease and such people must be medically treated. Kleptomania can be treated with the help of hypnosis. Unfortunately, only 15% of people ill with kleptomania turn to doctors for help.
Scientists have tried to solve the mystery of kleptomania for a long time already. This disease is unique that is why there are no theories how to fight it.
There are a lot of medical vocabularies and encyclopaedias that mention this disease. According to statistics about 5% of all burglars are kleptomaniacs in reality.
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Can't live without stealing
To take a towel in the hotel, a glass in the restaurant and a pack of paper in the office is a pleasant detail and the majority of people don't consider it to be something bad and that you turn into the burglar after it. According to statistics this was done by every third person.
But imagine that you begin to notice that your favourite earrings are lost and a bag and several dollars and a skirt. And you noticed that these things disappear only when you are with your friend. Of course he/she may result to be the real burglar but at the same time this person may simply suffer from kleptomania.
Kleptomania is addiction to steal as person gets the necessary emotions during stealing so that he/she has the possibility to fill in the gap in his/her emotional life. Besides it may also be the simple reflection of some other psychological diseases.
According to psychologists the majority of people who suffer from this disease are women that may continue their suffering for 15 years and sometimes even more. Kleptomania was the disease that always provoked negative attitude to people sick with it because ordinary and healthy people couldn't understand how the person can't stop from taking something from supermarket referring such behaviour to bad education.
And imagine how kleptomaniac was treated when people didn't know about this disease. They were put to jail, punished and sometimes even killed. Kleptomaniac is doomed to social indignation and protest.
I think you will agree with me that sometimes it may be very tempting to steal something from the shop especially if you wanted it for a long time but you have no money. This is the problem. But the majority of people stop knowing that it is not right and their conscience doesn't allow them to hide the clothes into the bag.
But it doesn't mean that kleptomaniac has no conscience. He/she really has it, simply he/she can't fight his/her disease and such people must be medically treated. Kleptomania can be treated with the help of hypnosis. Unfortunately, only 15% of people ill with kleptomania turn to doctors for help.
This site is about kleptomania and people that suffer from it. Here you'll find all necessary information on symptoms, social behaviour, problems and treatment of kleptomania.