Here’s How to Find Out
Looking good and maintaining your desired image is important to look successful and fit in. You may shop for your wardrobe, your kids, your partner, or your home as examples.
You may not even have debt. Your salary may cover your shopping so you’ve never really worried. But now you’re feeling a bit out of control. Maybe you have items never used, or never unpacked. Maybe you’re feeling clutter in your home. Retail therapy has gone awry.
2 Quizzes to Help Decide
These 2 quizzes will help you explore not only how you think about your shopping, but also how you behave with shopping. Each quiz has a score on the bottom that delineates the minimum score for being an overshopper. Try to be honest with yourself, because the problem won’t go away. The sooner you get help, the faster you can fight overshopping.
Get the Richmond Compulsive Buying Scale
Get the Valence Compulsive Buying Scale
Are You Ready to Change?
You have an issue with overshopping. But are you ready to change? It can be fearful to let go of your familiar shopping patterns. Shopping helps suppress emotions you’re not comfortable with such as boredom, low self-worth, anger.
If your shopping is harming you and your values, you’re ready to change. You may want to be a more financially collaborative partner, a better parent role model, more in control of your decisions, or have less clutter in your home.
Next Steps
If you’re ready to change, explore all the Stopping Overshopping (TM) Programs available to help you. They’re tailored to your learning, accountability, and wallet needs.