Compulsive Craving

Dimension 684 of 1,100 · Health Lens

Excitement Index

0.0540

Compulsive Craving measures the felt pull of an addictive urge as it becomes increasingly intrusive, hard to resist, and automatic. It encompasses appetitive desire, cue-triggered wanting, loss of control, and the sense of being driven by the urge rather than choosing freely.

evidence final name · Force Myself

Bands

Minimal Compulsive Craving

Expressions activating this band show no clear addictive urge or only incidental, unrelated content, without a recognizable pattern of being drawn toward use.

Mild Compulsive Craving

Expressions activating this band describe use as pleasurable, familiar, or identity-linked, with some helplessness or reduced agency around life problems and behavior. The urge is present as attraction or reliance, but not yet vividly intrusive or overpowering.

Moderate Compulsive Craving

Expressions activating this band describe recurring urges that intensify when use is delayed, are triggered by places or routines, and interrupt ongoing activity. Craving is experienced as a growing pressure that claims attention and begins to steer behavior.

Severe Compulsive Craving

Expressions activating this band describe desire as overpowering, automatic, and controlling, with behavior occurring without deliberate thought. The urge is experienced as a dominating force that overrides choice.

Evidence summary

Candidate names

Force Myself1.00

Thinking0.50

Sponge0.50

Sentence counts by range

B-7..B-52,300

B-4..B24,270,464

B3..B7708,144

B8..B14935

Dataset representation

01__health_reviews__druglib__benefits_effectiveness48

03__fact_checking__liar__truth_ordinal61

05__whole_disney_dataset__rating86

06__text_reviews__acl_imdb__binary_sentiment78

07__emotion_labels__goemotions_reddit__multilabel63

08__dialogue_emotion__empathetic_dialogues__context71

10__social_media_sentiment__sentiment140__binary68

11__consumer_complaints__response_explanation_vs_relief79

Anchor definitions

Minimal Force Myself

Minimal Force Myself: Content characterized by take, camper, madden, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect force myself at this level.

Moderate Force Myself

Moderate Force Myself: Content characterized by she, where, officer, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect force myself at this level.

Intense Force Myself

Intense Force Myself: Content characterized by force, said, their, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect force myself at this level.

Peak Force Myself

Peak Force Myself: Content characterized by force, sponge, purely, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect force myself at this level.