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I didn't Steal anything - Kleptomania

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During my elementary days, I remember a boy who just stole one tiny paper clip on the bookstore. I thought that  he's a bad boy until the word "Kleptomania" came, and then I was confused. Kleptomania is a mental illness where a person could not abstain their cravings on stealing anything. You might get confuse if all thief have this disorder. Well, a thief is a person who steal things that has significant value or generally they steal things for monetary value. While a kleptomaniac steal things without significant value such as paper clips, pens, pins. Some of the kleptomaniacs may not even have an idea that they committed stealing. In order to be diagnosed, here's some criteria you must know ( www.psychiatric-disorders.com ): The actions are not better explained by antisocial personality disorder, a conduct disorder or a manic episode. The acts are not the result of any rational or emotional trigger: patients are not stealing because they are angry or want reven...