If you find yourself in the ever-tightening grip of compulsive buying habits, take a step back and start building habits to steer you away from the path towards compulsive buying disorder. For starters, if you have lots of credit cards, let yourself thin that number down to one credit card. Give that card to someone… Continue reading How to Stop Compulsive Buying
Category: Compulsive Buying
Kick Your Bad Shopping Habits
Enjoying the occasional shopping trip is not unusual by any means, but one too many shopping sprees can mean financial ruin and emotional distress. If you love to shop, learn to know when to give it a rest to maintain your financial health. If you use shopping to comfort yourself emotionally, you should take a… Continue reading Kick Your Bad Shopping Habits
What Is Spending Addiction and How Do I Know If I Have It?
An addiction is an obsession or habit that impairs our ability to function normally. It puts life out of balance or leads to irrational behavior. If you are addicted to shopping, the signs will be all around you: you go on never ending shopping sprees, you are preoccupied with malls and internet shopping sites, and… Continue reading What Is Spending Addiction and How Do I Know If I Have It?
Get to the Root of Compulsive Shopping
The growth and development of a serious shopping addiction is more than just reward-seeking. Making a purchase creates the immediate reward of receiving a new product, but in a serious addiction that reward is often adding to serious debt and an overall negative effect on one’s life. The immediate gratification of a purchase quickly wears… Continue reading Get to the Root of Compulsive Shopping
When Shopping After Weight Loss Is More
Success in a journey towards weight loss is an incredible feeling. After losing weight, many individuals are eager to head to the stores and begin buying smaller-sized clothes for their new and slimmer life. But for those who once had an addiction to food, they might find a new addiction in shopping for their new… Continue reading When Shopping After Weight Loss Is More
Breaking Your Shopping Addiction
If you find yourself using shopping and spending as a way to deal with deeper emotional issues while feeling like you are spiraling out of control, it is time to seek help. Shopping addiction is a very real disorder with a massive impact on more than just your wallet. Furthermore, dealing with those deep-seated issues… Continue reading Breaking Your Shopping Addiction
Shopping Addiction and Trains: Brakeman Choo-Chooses a New Route
A few weeks ago, I was a guest on the Diane Rehm show about shopping addiction, along with a 25 year veteran of Debtors Anonymous and the President of the Financial Therapy Association. I figured we’d be reaching a typical audience of female compulsive buyers that were overspending on clothing, shoes, jewelry, accessories, and personal services and… Continue reading Shopping Addiction and Trains: Brakeman Choo-Chooses a New Route
The Little Trick to Make Any Moment Better
When trying to accomplish a task or a goal, built up physical and mental tension can hold you back. Even if you’re just trying to enjoy lunch with friends or a phone call with a family member, you cannot be fully in that moment while you have tension holding you back. Be aware of how… Continue reading The Little Trick to Make Any Moment Better
Compulsive Spending Blends in During Holiday Shopping
It’s no surprise that around the holidays, it is easy to overindulge. We make excuses for eating, drinking, and of course spending too much in the name of the holidays. But for compulsive spenders, this mindset can be incredibly damaging. When everyone is buying more than usual, compulsive shoppers blend in even more and hide… Continue reading Compulsive Spending Blends in During Holiday Shopping
The Devastating Effects of Shopoholism
Just like any addiction or disorder, Shopoholism can have devastating effects on the lives of those who suffer from it. While classified as an obsessive-compulsive disorder but not an addictive disorder, Shopoholism has a similar expression. Making a purchase creates a “high,” which is followed by negative feelings of guilt, remorse, and depression often resulting… Continue reading The Devastating Effects of Shopoholism