But one of the gravest disorders in this world is mental disorder which affects the mental health of a person. The sufferers experience a feeling of gratification from their bizarre ordeal. An impulse control disorder is defined as the failure to control an impulsive act or behavior which may cause harm to self or others.

The following is the list of such psychological disorder: Intermittent Explosive Disorder, Kleptomania, Pyromania, Pathological Gambling, Trichotillomania, and Dermatillomania.

Let us discuss about some of these impulse control disorders in detail. Pyromania is not linked to other such behaviors like setting of fire due to Bipolar disorder or Schizophrenia. Impulse control disorder is also one of them. Such people stop coming out of their house to avoid embarrassment as the wounds are quite visible.

Numerous psychological problems are marked by the loss or lack of control over a person’s emotions in specific situations. People are diagnosed for such disorders only if they have mental health issues, as it may happen to anyone. This disorder is typically found in women rather than men.

Pathological Gambling:

Maladaptive gambling which is life-threatening for a person is called Pathological gambling. In these cases, people do not take the ownership of their loss of control and start blaming others for their aggressive outburst. This is a rare type of disorder and occurs infrequently. It is a very painful process though it relieves stress and gives immense satisfaction.

The key characteristic of such disorder is that the person loses his cool and starts destroying property or starts assaulting others. Such gamblers tend to increases their risks and frequently gamble to stay involved. Such type of disorder is experienced both by men and women but men develop the problem in their teens and women seem to develop this disorder when they are older. They type to stop it, but return to gambling to curb their depression. The aggression is always blown out of proportion and is destructive.

This leads to the sufferers committing crimes to cover up their financial losses, leads to serious financial problems and even bankruptcy. There are numerous disorders which a person experiences in his life span. They start telling lies about the extent of their gambling as it starts affecting their job and family relationships.

Intermittent Explosive Disorder:

This kind of disorder can be typically seen in men who have legal problems and are assaulted with some charges.

Pyromania:

Mental health problems such as pyromania are dangerous as they make the person set fires just for the sake of pleasure. In such cases, the mental health of a person is affected such that person craves for the feeling of tension before stealing and sense of pleasure after the theft. Disorders like poor vision, handicap, and obesity are common.

Kleptomania:

This type of rare disorder is typically seen in women. The person experiences uncontrolled anger and this affects the mental health of that person. Sufferers of mental health problems like these, experience a compulsive urge to pick their skin to counter tension, anxiety and stress and feel relieved by skin-picking. People suffering from this disorder engage themselves in compulsive stealing, but not for its monetary value, neither to express anger.

It is one of a kind of mental health problems which involves the lack of control over gambling than the amount of money gambled. Such individuals have a significant fascination towards fire and they do not behave in such a manner for any gain or express anger. The person suffering from kleptomania does not have the intention of stealing a particular thing and feel guilty about it. It involves impulsive behavior which is not premeditated and on which the person doesn’t have any control. There are several such disorders which are characterized by the loss of control over emotions.

Dermatillomania:

This type of impulse control disorder is a form of self-injury marked by repeated urge to pick one’s own skin and damage it. Face, back, scalp, stomach and in some extreme cases, arms, feet and hands are the regions most affected. It is just for the fact that they experience a sense of satisfaction in their deeds.