6 sentences with 'obsessive'
Example sentences and phrases with the word obsessive and other words derived from it.
• « Those with Behaviour Pattern C (the introverted and obsessive) are more prone to rheumatism, infections, allergies, skin diseases and even cancer due to immune suppression. »
• « Although no more pyramids were built - it seems that the almost obsessive focus on the spirit of the king after death was limited to the Old Kingdom - the Middle Kingdom was definitely a period of stability and prosperity for Egypt as a whole. »
• « A peculiar aspect of the obsessive focus on the person of the king was the fact that kings often married their sisters and daughters; the idea being that if one was a god, one did not want to pollute the sacred lineage by having children with mere humans. »
• « Martin Luther struggled with his spiritual identity. He had an obsessive fear of being condemned to hell, feeling totally unworthy of divine forgiveness and plagued by doubts as to his ability to achieve salvation. »
• « Freud called the pleasure drive 'eros', the Pleasure Principle, and the obsessive, self-destructive drive 'thanatos', the Death Drive. »