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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?

Dr. David Tolin is founder and director of the Anxiety Disorders Center and serves in a number of other capacities at the Institute of Living. He hosts a new television show called “My Shopping Addiction,” which airs on the Oxygen Network Mondays at 11pm. He has appeared on Oprah and Oz, and has some words… Continue reading Shopping Addiction? There Is Help

There are clear signs that you might be addicted, which apply to anything from shopping to alcohol, according to Dr Ronald McCoy, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners spokesman.  Dr. McCoy states the main thing to watch out for is organizing your life around your addiction.  You also find that the more you have, the more you… Continue reading Signs You Could Be Addicted

Compulsive shopping is a dire issue which has not been investigated sufficiently. A recent study looked at 18 compulsive buyers compared to a 17-person control group. The proposed hypothesis was that the shopaholics would have enhanced memory of appealing consumer objects if they were made to feel depressed. Interestingly, when examined, the control group had stronger… Continue reading Experimental Analysis of the Relationship Between Depressed Mood and Compulsive Buying

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…?

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

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

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?

Most households are familiar with clutter. Papers on the table, toys left out on the floor, those little signs of a busy life that sometimes inhabit the home. But when it comes to hoarding there is a clear distinction between just a messy house and compulsive hoarding. Recent television shows have been highlighting cases of… Continue reading Harmless Pack Rat or Compulsive Hoarder?

Simplicity is as easy to attain for ourselves as we make it to be. If you constantly worry about yourself and are dwelling on all the ways you wish you were different, you will find it difficult to achieve simplicity. At the other end of the spectrum, if you are so entirely in love with… Continue reading Simplicity Begins in Us