I Have Kleptomania Stories of Experiences

As far as I can remember, I've been stealing things. Started out with candy then it escilated to Clothes. I never thought it would end up this bad. I've been caught once and i thought that would scare me out of ever doing it again, but...

I steal obviously. However, as long as I don't let myself start to steal I don't get any worse... After I start I cant stop... And when Im stealing I start to think it's really and that's what gets me caught. I start to steal too much...

I have never pictured myself becoming like this. But this is a huge problem and it needs to be fixed. I grew up with my grandmother as a child for 7 years, learning values and morals. The quote that is stuck in my head that she always...

My earliest memories of being a klepto are from kindergarten. I still remember the persons name and what I stole. My mom took me took a shrink once and I would steal stuff from his office or waiting area. The silly man had one of those...

I like being the 'innocent' looking girl that no one ever expects to be the klepto. I've taken things right from under my parents noses without them ever expecting a thing. It's bad I know but somehow I feel like I've accomplished some...

I can't say I HAD it. To be truthful we will always have it because of our memories and shame. I started a LONG time ago. I was just a child in kindergarden. My parents split up just as I started kindergarden and naturally I thought it...

In the middle of 10th grade this new girl Monica showed up to my school. During this time my best friend, Spencer and I were fighting and beginning to separate, so I decided to become friends with the new girl. At first I thought she...

I've been doing this since I was five. Ive always took things that no meaning at all. Wether it be a lighter, some head phones, or a penny from someone or somewhere. I just can't stop my self I'm 16. When in 5 th grade I went to dc with...

It started a year ago at at craft store I wanted a hello kitty eraser set , childish as it may be.
I snapped the barcode off and shoved it in my purse. Not only that but throughout that spring and summer I stole hordes if things from...

Hello.....I have been on a desperate search for help about a problem I have just recently realized is an addictive behavior called Kleptomania - I have been stealing/shoplifting for a few years now and I suddenly feel an overwhelming...

My story goes back so many years along with so many things I've taken.  I started seeing a shrink to help me and today I saw him. We were on the subject of how I had done the previuos week. I told him I'm have snowballing panic...

Hello "I Have Kleptomania" group,

First of all, I know this group is for support purposes and I admire that fact, but I feel like I can help you in other ways as well. I am wondering if any of you are interested in sharing your story...

My daughter came to me as a foster child when she was 3 years old.  We adopted her and her baby brother in 2004.  She is now ll years old.
She started taking things soon after we had her in our home.  She has been...

I am a compulsive shoplifter and have been for a year and a half. I started shoplifting right after my son was born because we simply did not have the money to afford all that we needed for him. I do feel guilt when I do it. In the...

I'm so relieved that I found this group because I always thought I was alone in this struggle. I've had a stealing problem as long as I can remember... When I was a toddler I would steal toys from my...

I have just accepted that im a kleptomaniac, I am not sure why... im sure i need help... and i dont knowhow to seek it...or where...
 
It started when i was a kid perhaps 10 or 11.. I cant remember that some family members would...

Which has gotten me in a lot of trouble. I am now on probation for a year and still have 2 cases pending. They told me if i am caught again i will go to prison for 5 yrs. I don't know how to kill the urges.

I have Kleptomania. I've been stealing for 3 years, only from major retail stores, just for the rush of it. I've never been caught but I have only came close once and that was when I first started.
My shoplifting techniques have...

I'm a 13 year old girl in Alaska, and unfortunatly I have kleptomania. The urge is burning inside me as I type these words. The urge, or as I subconciously call it, the monster, is always strongest in the morning. In my head, the...

I'm Adam
I've had this since childhood, to be honest most of my mates had it aswell. I've tried to move onto other things - grown a perm, pretend i'm spinning discs and say eh eh eh. It doesn't work.
How do you guys cope?..i was at...