I'd define a compulsion as an act which your brain chemistry compelled you to do, but then did not reward you for

You get it? Because dopamine makes you, like, want stuff...

Still pondering The Willpower Instinct. For me, the most revelatory chapter was the one on how when we want something, we assume it'll make us happy (or at least bring us pleasure), even though that's often not the case. In this chapter, the author explains that dopamine is the brain chemical t…