Compulsions may be carried out in an attempt to neutralize the obsessive thoughts, providing temporary relief from the anxiety the obsessions cause.

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Explanation:Compulsions are those behaviors that a person engaged themselves to repeatedly and in a non controllable way but for some people they may engage in these behavior in order to relieve themselves from the underlying anxiety or to eliminate some negative emotions

Some people won't do anything and complete it without constant checking and rechecking everything , like constantly checking all the doors if they are locked , which will make someone less anxious if they have checked the doors repeatedly

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it depends on which society you are referring to. many civilization performed rituals so the gods would with their growing season but the most well known is that of the aztecs. they would make sacrifices, usually animals, but sometimes humans as well.