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?
Category: Money Psychology
Fashion Blogs May Be a Hazard to Your Health… Especially If You’re a Celebrity Worshiper!
We’ve all had a “celebrity crush”, and “Celebrity Worship, Materialism, Compulsive Buying, and the Empty Self” reveals what can happen when that “crush” turns into an obsession. Celebrity worship is associated with “The Empty Self Theory.” a theory that suggests that someone with an empty self “is plagued by a loss of a shared sense… Continue reading Fashion Blogs May Be a Hazard to Your Health… Especially If You’re a Celebrity Worshiper!
Shopping Addiction, Not a New Phenomenon
Shopping addiction has hit the media in a big way this past month. But, believe it or not, there are still skeptics about this disorder. Naming historic figures who are likely to have been shopaholics (Marie Antoinette, Mary Todd Lincoln, William Randolf Hearst, Jackie O) as CNN has done might not be the best way… Continue reading Shopping Addiction, Not a New Phenomenon
Shopping and the Six Human Needs, Part Two
Remember Anthony Robbins’ “six human needs?” Let’s talk about the final three. These are connection, growth, and contribution. How can these help us understand shopping addiction? Shopping can provide some sense of connection with others: you’re engaging in a common activity, what you’re purchasing (a gift) is a way of connecting, or you’re engaged with the… Continue reading Shopping and the Six Human Needs, Part Two
A Day in the Life of a Shopaholic
If just reading Elizabeth Hartney’s fictional account of “the day to day experience of shopping addiction” on about.com leaves you feeling exhausted, try to imagine what it’s like to really have a shopping problem. Here’s a sample of what Hartney describes: Wake up and make yourself two cups of coffee in your expensive new coffee… Continue reading A Day in the Life of a Shopaholic
Retail Therapy Is Not Helping
Blogger Amy Hoover dates the rise of shopping addictions to the 1990s. It’s no coincidence that this is the same time the internet made shopping a 24/7 possibility. Society has long encouraged “keeping up with the Jones,” and commercials try to convince us that we are only as good as our shoes or purses and… Continue reading Retail Therapy Is Not Helping
You’ve Stopped Overshopping…Now What?
Today I’d like to focus on a topic that can cause real anxiety in people who are addicted to shopping: what to do when you stop. If you shop to ease anxiety or soothe grief, what will you do when you feel down if that outlet is no longer available to you? If you shop… Continue reading You’ve Stopped Overshopping…Now What?
Should You and Your Honey Merge Your Money? Or Not…?
There are many answers to the question of whether or not to comingle finances. Surprisingly, some couples actually merge their finances as they are divorcing. Some maintain separate accounts their entire relationship. Some comingle monies when they have a child or when they get married. Every situation is different and, according to the author of this… Continue reading Should You and Your Honey Merge Your Money? Or Not…?
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
Seven Deadly Spending Traps
Carole Moore at Bankrate.com lists seven shopping traps to be avoided: 1.) Shopping as a hobby or a sport. 2.) Shopping sites on the internet – after all, it’s called “the net” or “the web” for a reason. 3.) Having to own the latest technology – skip an update or two. 4.) Mistaking shortcuts for… Continue reading Seven Deadly Spending Traps