A shopping addiction, like any addiction, takes a great effort and level of perseverance to work through. In this modern world, we are constantly bombarded with messages to spend more and buy the latest and greatest products. Not surprisingly, this makes dealing with compulsive spending habits even more difficult. Understanding the behavior that comes along… Continue reading Get to the Bottom of Compulsive Spending Habits
Author: Carrie Rattle
Carrie Rattle is a Principal at BehavioralCents.com, a website for women focused on mind and money behaviors. She has worked in the financial services industry for 20+ years and hopes to inspire women to better prepare themselves for financial independence.
I Love You… Again!
For many people – especially women – a driving force behind overshopping can be the need for a wide variety of new and different products and stimulation. When you think about it, shopping can be a very stimulating activity and might be a key point for people who shop to avoid boredom. But it is… Continue reading I Love You… Again!
Why Do Shopping Addicts Keep Spending Their Money?
To the outsider looking in, a shopping addiction is probably a strange and difficult thing to understand. People might wonder why they just don’t stop spending so much money if their debt is so bad. Unfortunately, a shopping addiction goes much deeper than just deciding to spend excessively. Addicts often have an underlying psychological issue… Continue reading Why Do Shopping Addicts Keep Spending Their Money?
Beating an Online Shopping Addiction
Maybe if shopping were limited to having to get to a store to make your purchases, it would be easier to quell an addiction. Unfortunately, the wide world of the internet makes it easy to purchase anything and everything right from the comfort of your own home, any time of day or night. If your… Continue reading Beating an Online Shopping Addiction
Seeking Therapy for Shopping Addiction
Shopping addiction is not cute, whimsical, or funny. It is more than just spending too much, and it actually comes down being a way for some people to deal with psychological difficulty. Simple overspending tendencies can be a gateway to an addiction, especially if shopping is a way to cope with difficult emotions such as… Continue reading Seeking Therapy for Shopping Addiction
Confessions of Shopaholics
Deceit, debt and depression plague the lives of the shopping addicted. Sufferers can shop their way into despair and broken relationships while our materialistic world smiles on their behavior because there are no outward signs of a problem. The American Psychiatric Association doesn’t name compulsive shopping as an addiction, although millions of Americans face shopping… Continue reading Confessions of Shopaholics
5 Ways to Beat Your Shopping Addiction
Have you stared at the receipt in your hand and wondered how you could have spent so much? Have you told yourself that bills might go unpaid if you made a purchase and bought it anyway? Shopaholics experience a lot of shame and constantly review the illogical nature of their compulsion. Unfortunately, shaming and logic… Continue reading 5 Ways to Beat Your Shopping Addiction
The Cure for Shopping Addicts
If your self-esteem, self confidence, or self-worth seems tangled up in the tissue paper of your last pair of designer shoes or firmly tucked in the pocket of your latest handbag, chances are compulsive shopping, overspending, and even hoarding may be part of your everyday life. Getting a handle on the emotional deprivation that plagues… Continue reading The Cure for Shopping Addicts
Are You a Shopaholic?
A shopping addiction can really sneak up on you. Many shopping addicts do not even care about what they buy as much as the feeling they get when they buy. If you suspect you may be a compulsive spender, step back and take a look at your habits. Do you spend money when you feel… Continue reading Are You a Shopaholic?
A Shopping Addiction Intervention
It’s not unusual to have the urge for the newest fashion item or hottest super gadget, and we live in a world where it is difficult to escape the pressure to buy, buy, buy. Unfortunately, that urge can spiral out of control into a full-blown shopping addiction. When this addiction rears it’s ugly head, the… Continue reading A Shopping Addiction Intervention