“… Kleptomania symptoms may include:
– Inability to resist powerful urges to steal items that you don’t need
– Feeling increased tension, anxiety or arousal leading up to the theft
– Feeling pleasure, relief or satisfaction while stealing
– Feeling terrible guilt, remorse, self-loathing, shame or fear of arrest after the theft
– Return of the urges and a repetition of the kleptomania cycle …”
(source: mayoclinic org)