It can be easy to think that a shopping addiction is just a simple case of buying things you don’t need and excessive spending, but in fact this addiction goes much deeper than that. Compulsive shoppers, shopping addicts, or shopaholics make up 5.8 percent of the American population, with the majority being women. While it… Continue reading Compulsive Shopping: No Sale
Category: Compulsive Buying
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
The Truth About Shopping Addiction
A shopping addiction is something that can come off as harmless, especially in its early stages, but may start to rapidly spiral out of control. People who once thought of shopping as a relaxing hobby become unable to let a day pass without an exciting new purchase. Buying each new thing creates a high like… Continue reading The Truth About Shopping Addiction
Women Who Hide their Shopping Addiction from their Husbands
Shopping addiction is not a problem isolated to this side of the Atlantic. Buckinghamshire psychologist Nadine Field treats an average of six women a week who have been spending behind their partners’ backs. Thirty-three-year-old Elenor Smith has been spending money she and her husband don’t have for the past three years. She’s been piling up… Continue reading Women Who Hide their Shopping Addiction from their Husbands
It Happened to Me: Shopping Addiction
“I even considered becoming an escort to make extra money to fund my addiction.” These are the words of male fashion blogger and shopaholic Jared Lowe. At least three or four times a week, Lowe found himself lugging huge shopping bags down the street, filled with designer clothing and shoes: Items he already owned in… Continue reading It Happened to Me: Shopping Addiction
Defining Moments and Powerful Choices
By: Jill Chivers of Shop Less, Live More We all have moments in our lives when a choice presented itself. You could choose Door A and all it brings. You could choose Door B and face those consequences. Some of us were lucky enough to recognize that moment, to see the fork in the road where… Continue reading Defining Moments and Powerful Choices
Hotel Bookkeeper Embezzled £30k from Bosses to Fund Her Internet Shopping Addiction
With the retail world at her fingertips and shielded by her position as a hotel bookkeeper, internet shopping addict Eleanor Buchanan embezzled £30,000 from her employer at the Hillcroft Hotel in Whitburn, Great Britain. She stole the money between December 2010 and January 2012, spending the entire amount on designer clothes for her children. Buchanan’s… Continue reading Hotel Bookkeeper Embezzled £30k from Bosses to Fund Her Internet Shopping Addiction
Shopping Addiction a Growing Problem in the U.S.
Trips to the mall are the fix some Americans need to manage the stress of their lives. Like an alcoholic craves a drink, so does a compulsive shopper rush to a retailer. The compulsion may begin early in life, regardless of income. The reasons for chronic shopping range from low self esteem, to depression, or… Continue reading Shopping Addiction a Growing Problem in the U.S.
Shopping Addiction
According to the American Psychiatric Association, addictive shopping is “a pattern of chronic, repetitive purchasing that becomes difficult to stop and ultimately results in harmful consequences.” A materialistic culture, easy credit, and the advent of internet commerce have led to a rise in compulsive shopping. Ask yourself key questions about spending habits and feelings toward… Continue reading Shopping Addiction
Retail Therapy Gone Wrong
Lots of people like to do a little therapeutic shopping from time to time, just as a little pick-me-up. “Retail therapy” like this goes wrong when you find yourself buying something even when you know you can’t really afford it. You just feel like you can’t help yourself. And then when the thrill of the… Continue reading Retail Therapy Gone Wrong