Kleptomania is a psychological disorder, expressed in the constant desire to appropriate something belonging to another person, in other words, to steal. Moreover, the object of theft most often has no material value, but sometimes it is not possible to overcome the desire to put a thing in your pocket.
This may sound strange, almost unbelievable, but most often kleptomania develops precisely in people living in prosperity and well-being, and mainly in women. There are several reasons for this and they “grow”, as is usually the case in clinical psychology, from childhood. Children, like magpies, tend to explore unfamiliar and attractive things for them, but sometimes, flirting, forget to put them in place or return them to the owner. Over time, if you do not make comments, such forgetfulness can become a habit or, remaining unpunished, the child will begin to take something without demand already intentionally. Over time, this turns into a kind of entertainment, which is difficult to refuse even with age. Also, most babies, especially girls, love to attract attention. If parents lack attention, then something needs to be done to get it artificially, even if it is a reprimand or punishment. This is often the case in wealthy families, where due to work that brings money, adults do not have time for the psychological problems of their offspring. It happens in a different way: the family is not very wealthy, and the child collects everything that is bad "on a rainy day". In adulthood, a person has a good income, and the child’s habit of storing everything is preserved. Be that as it may, the instinct of the kleptomaniac prevails over the voice of the mind and is expressed in the form of an obsessive state. Unfortunately, although kleptomania is called a disease, it does not have medical treatment methods, and psychotherapists have a hard time fighting it. Long-term therapy helps only in part and provided that the person himself sincerely wants to get rid of his dependence. The only variety of this disorder that can be completely cured is the so-called "habitual kleptomania", when the patient steals not consciously, but as if by habit.