It’s no surprise – life can be tough. Whether in work, relationships, or other areas of life when we are thrown a curveball, it is natural to want to find a way to cope. For some people, this means retail therapy. Unfortunately, shopping away your problems comes at a cost that is greater than what… Continue reading The Cost of Buying to Cope
Category: Compulsive Buying
Why Do Shopping Addicts Keep Spending Their Money?
According to their self-report, about 10% of all adults in western countries report themselves as displaying compulsive buying symptoms. How to explain the proliferation of this behavior; why does 10% of the western world continue to overshop in the face of debt, seriously compromised relationships, guilt, shame, anxiety and deteriorating self-worth? Ryan Howell, Associate Professor… Continue reading Why Do Shopping Addicts Keep Spending Their Money?
Lying About Your Shopping Habits to the People You Love
When your spending is out of control, it can wear you down emotionally and put a strain on your relationships. Even if it doesn’t come directly from your debt, it could be out of shame for your actions, causing you to hide your secret addiction from the people you love. If you’re embarrassed about your… Continue reading Lying About Your Shopping Habits to the People You Love
New Mobile Apps Can Fuel a Shopping Addiction
With the rise of smartphones and mobile web technology, it is easier than ever to stay connected with the world. Not surprisingly, the reverse is also true – it is easier for the world to connect with you, too. For those struggling with a shopping addiction, this means one more medium for making purchases. Retailers… Continue reading New Mobile Apps Can Fuel a Shopping Addiction
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
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?
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