Repetition compulsion
Subject in Mental Health
Repetition compulsion has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Call Her Daddy. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Alex CooperAmerican podcaster and media entrepreneur, host of Call Her Daddy
Cooper recounts that in college, due to earlier insecurity, she pursued unattainable men for validation but never felt fulfilled.
“it was like I was trying to get the the guy that was so unattainable and when I would get him I was like playing the game back”
Call Her Daddy: Dr. Orna Guralnik: Couples Therapy 101 (FBF) (Nov 4, 2026) · Listen from 24:19
Orna GuralnikPsychologist and psychoanalyst featured on the docuseries Couples Therapy
Guralnik explains that the classical psychoanalytic account of attraction to toxic relationships is repetition compulsion, repeating an unresolved past dynamic.
“why people get pulled towards like abusive and toxic relationships is that it's some form of what we call in jargon repetition compulsion”
Call Her Daddy: Dr. Orna Guralnik: Couples Therapy 101 (FBF) (Nov 4, 2026) · Listen from 22:04
Podcasts
- Call Her Daddy · 1 episode
Episodes
Dr. Orna Guralnik: Couples Therapy 101 (FBF)Call Her Daddy · Nov 4, 2026 · 54 min
Alex Cooper talks with psychoanalyst Dr. Orna Guralnik about when to start couples therapy, healthy conflict, sex, toxic relationships, childhood patterns, and codependency.