<p>Not sure about compulsive, but I heard of the term <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantified_Self" rel="nofollow">"Quantified self"</a> being used for people interested in all kinds of information about themselves.  </p>

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Alex Stone
<p>I'm posting this question on someone else's behalf:</p>

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  <p>What is the name for someone who has a compulsive need to
  categorically document everything they do and everything that happens
  to them?</p>
  
  <p>The only thing I can think of is "information hoarder" but suggests
  that any type of information will do, which is not what I'm looking
  for.</p>
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2014-01-30T20:34:37.787Z
what happened to the original question?
icosamuel
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OP requested flushing of revision history; creating a new question and merging old answers in is one way to do that.
Jeromy Anglim
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2014-01-31T01:19:01.740Z
i understand. thanks
icosamuel
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This made me think of Thierry Guetta (Mr. Brainwash) from Banksy's movie [Exit Through The Gift Shop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_Through_the_Gift_Shop). The whole documentary* is based on his habit from an early age to constantly film everything. [You can see here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4kC0HQNJEY#t=1478) how he has boxes of unlabeled, unwatched tapes. The next scene goes on to speculate that this started as a result of his traumatic childhood.  *there is debate on whether the story was real or a hoax by Banksy.  See the appropriate section in the Wikipedia link for more info.
Turch
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What is the scientific term for compulsive documenting of life experiences?
Jeromy Anglim
# What is the scientific term for compulsive documenting of life experiences?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-30)

I'm posting this question on someone else's behalf:

> What is the name for someone who has a compulsive need to
> categorically document everything they do and everything that happens
> to them?
>
> The only thing I can think of is "information hoarder" but suggests
> that any type of information will do, which is not what I'm looking
> for.

**Tags:** abnormal-psychology, terminology

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: what happened to the original question?  
> **username_0**: OP requested flushing of revision history; creating a new question and merging old answers in is one way to do that.  
> **username_1**: i understand. thanks  
> **username_2**: This made me think of Thierry Guetta (Mr. Brainwash) from Banksy's movie [Exit Through The Gift Shop](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_Through_the_Gift_Shop). The whole documentary* is based on his habit from an early age to constantly film everything. [You can see here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4kC0HQNJEY#t=1478) how he has boxes of unlabeled, unwatched tapes. The next scene goes on to speculate that this started as a result of his traumatic childhood.  *there is debate on whether the story was real or a hoax by Banksy.  See the appropriate section in the Wikipedia link for more info.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2014-01-30. Score: 2

Not sure about compulsive, but I heard of the term ["Quantified self"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantified_Self) being used for people interested in all kinds of information about themselves.


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