Category: Shopping

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

A shopping addiction can start out innocently enough, maybe even starting out as spending time with friends or family, as a social and bonding experience. Over time, it might turn into having a little shopping date after a tough break up or a successful work project, starting to tie emotions into the satisfaction of buying.… Continue reading Don’t Let Shopping Addiction Sneak Up on You

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

“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

It’s easy to see shopping addiction as a response to a traumatic experience, like divorce or death of a family member. But it can also be a fantasy of escape from the “daily grind” as Lana, a 25-year-old receptionist who spends her whole salary on shopping, puts it. By posting pictures of herself with her… Continue reading Retail Remedy or 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

We’ve all heard the saying that the first step to solving a problem is admitting you have one. But what if you have one without knowing it? This is often the case with shopping addictions. Shopping sounds a lot less harmful and scary than, say, substance abuse, but it does have its own set of… Continue reading Shopping Addiction and Awareness

InTouch magazine reported not too long ago on Jessica Simpson’s online shopping addiction. While some call her a “fashionista,” her closet bulging with purchases from Fendi, Gucci, and Burberry has even her fiance, Eric Johnson, telling her to slow down on her shopping. Simpson is buying for two -soon three- as she’s expecting a baby… Continue reading Jessica Simpson’s Online Addiction

Easter’s almost here. For those who celebrate it, how good have you been about Lent?  Did you try to give up shopping? If you have omniomania – yes, that’s the scientific term for a shopping addiction- it has probably been a rough time. Omniomania is the “most socially reinforced of the behavioral addictions,” and was… Continue reading Battling Shopping Addiction

A one-time shopping spree is probably not a symptom of a behavioral addiction; neither is getting pleasure from using a helpful coupon to save money on a planned purchase. Saving can be a good habit too.  It can help you to think about your consumption habits and you might find a way to repurpose an item… Continue reading When Shopping and Saving Get Extreme