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Automatic behaviour is the name for a set of actions that occur (or that continue to occur), without conscious thought. Usually, they are guided by a part of the nervous system that is called autonomic nervous system, or visceral nervous system.

Many mental illnesses are characterized by certain forms of unwanted automatic behaviour.

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