Compulsive buying can be uncontrollable, especially if it’s a result of brain injury that affects brain circuitry associated with impulse, desire, will, and restraint. According to Dr. Max Gomez in a recent CBS report, this connection was first made when a drug called Nuedexta, which is FDA approved to treat uncontrollable laughter or crying after a… Continue reading Treatment for Brain-Injury Related Compulsive Buying May Hold Promise for Other Overshoppers
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Listen To This Clip
Alexis Hall was 31,637.84 pounds in debt. That’s over $57,000 in American money! You’ll hear how she used her fear to kickstart her healing journey and…how you can do the same. Listen to this Part of Our Conversation These three 1-hour conversations I had with three different women, who each wrote a book about her… Continue reading Listen To This Clip
Hard-Wired for Giving?
Classical economic theory and the Darwinian principle of “survival of the fittest” both suggest that self-centeredness is the way to succeed. Edging out the competition, selfish people take the best mates and the best resources, goes the theory. However, new scientific studies suggest that instead, humans are actually hard-wired to be altruistic. Why? One school of… Continue reading Hard-Wired for Giving?
Break the Backsliding Habits
When it comes to moving through a shopping addiction, and even bad shopping behavior, it can be a long process that involves alternating between “good” and “bad” behavior. You may be doing really well for some time, staying within budgets and sticking to your goals. And then (maybe slowly at first) you find yourself backsliding… Continue reading Break the Backsliding Habits
Retail Therapy is a Ruse
There is an interesting phenomenon going on in our American culture these days, centered around shopping. This is the idea of “retail therapy,” a popular notion that when you’re feeling blue, shopping is a great pick-me-up. In fact, the term oversimplifies and minimizes the serious problem of a shopping addiction. Additionally, it suggests that shopping actually… Continue reading Retail Therapy is a Ruse
The Power of Fear
Fear is a deep human emotion that affects everyone in many different ways. For those struggling with a shopping addiction and compulsive shopping habits, fear manifests more uniquely. There is a fear that even a brief pause from shopping means missing out on a great deal or a hot new fashion or trend. There is… Continue reading The Power of Fear
Get to the Bottom of Compulsive Spending Habits
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
Stress Busters
So many of us are bombarded by countless stressors; it can be daunting to find a peaceful moment between the internal noise in our head and the external noise at home, at work, or on the street . To give yourself a dose of the calming chemicals that keep our thoughts and feelings at ease,… Continue reading Stress Busters
More Than One-in-Ten U.S. Adults Consider Themselves to be Shopaholics, Reveals New CouponCabin.com Survey
The results from a CouponCabin.com survey of over 2000 adults, aged 18 and over, suggest that 11 percent of U.S. adults consider themselves to be “shopaholics,” (i.e. addicted to shopping and never missing an opportunity to buy something). Additionally, 15% of U.S. adults report that their shopping habits have put them in debt, and 63% of U.S.… Continue reading More Than One-in-Ten U.S. Adults Consider Themselves to be Shopaholics, Reveals New CouponCabin.com Survey
Shopping Addiction, Not Just for Women
Loving shopping is one of the most common female stereotypes. And while data from the Official Journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) reports that out of the estimated 18 million Americans who are affected by shopping addiction, eighty percent are women, that still leaves a significant number of male shopaholics. Most people, regardless of… Continue reading Shopping Addiction, Not Just for Women