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Do you shop when you feel angry or disappointed?
Has overspending created problems in your life?
Do you have conflicts with loved ones about your need to shop?
While shopping, do you feel euphoric rushes or anxiety?
After shopping, do you feel like you have just finished doing something wild or dangerous?
After shopping, do you ever feel guilty or embarrassed about what you have done?
Do you frequently buy things that you never end up using or wearing?
Do you think about money almost all the time?
Shopping should not be a hobby although that is what most retailers want us to believe.
Exactly! When I need a pick me up I go shopping. However I might spend 2 hours at the store, try on a dozen or more items and wind up with just one. Or I will do a lot of online shopping, put it all in my "basket" and then buy none of it. I recognize why I am doing it so I keep it under control.
If you have to control it at all you have a problem.
Shopping is just a duty or task for most people. They buy what they need, often searching for the best price. They have no need for control because they only shop when they need something. Shopping addiction is shopping when you don't need anything except a "fix."
If you have to control it at all you have a problem.
Shopping is just a duty or task for most people. They buy what they need, often searching for the best price. They have no need for control because they only shop when they need something. Shopping addiction is shopping when you don't need anything except a "fix."
I hate shopping but I can get lost browsing especially for household or kitchen things. I am amazed at all the cra* there is to buy I hate clothes and shoes shopping….unless I find $2.00 Levi's at a yard sale Still the best work pants around.
Perhaps scout & shop for other people as you sound like you're certainly qualified in how to spot good deals & enjoy the process more than the end product(s).
Have you considered becoming a personal shopper as a means to quell this urge while earning extra income (to perhaps pay down your debts or puffing your savings up) & putting a positive spin on this as long as you're investing your time anyway?
If your purchases are cluttering your living space, or the purchases prevent you from saving money or paying bills, and you truly don't know how to stop yourself, then I think you need to find a therapist to help you figure out why you are doing this. It sounds to me like, from your post, you are distressed by your behavior, and maybe at the fact that you don't know how to stop.
I've seen on the hoarder TV shows, compulsive shoppers who buy too much and do not have places for everything they own. You don't want to turn into one of these people, who have so much anxiety about their disorder and so much fear.
Get help for yourself. Find out what drives you to shop to excess, and how to have a healthier relationship with possessions.
Keep us posted, and good luck.
Space is getting tighter. I am tring to resell some stuff and give some stuff away. I buy a lit of stuff with the intention of using the items as gifts.
Do you shop when you feel angry or disappointed?
Has overspending created problems in your life?
Do you have conflicts with loved ones about your need to shop?
While shopping, do you feel euphoric rushes or anxiety?
After shopping, do you feel like you have just finished doing something wild or dangerous?
After shopping, do you ever feel guilty or embarrassed about what you have done?
Do you frequently buy things that you never end up using or wearing?
Do you think about money almost all the time?
Shopping should not be a hobby although that is what most retailers want us to believe.
Yes ..... I guess I do have a shopping addiction ....
Perhaps scout & shop for other people as you sound like you're certainly qualified in how to spot good deals & enjoy the process more than the end product(s).
Have you considered becoming a personal shopper as a means to quell this urge while earning extra income (to perhaps pay down your debts or puffing your savings up) & putting a positive spin on this as long as you're investing your time anyway?
I actually dont havecabd debt other then my mortgage. Re the personal shopper.. I think I am going to focus on reselling or trading for now. If it is insanely cheap I am grabbing though as long as I can sell, use or give it away.
I hate shopping but I can get lost browsing especially for household or kitchen things. I am amazed at all the cra* there is to buy I hate clothes and shoes shopping….unless I find $2.00 Levi's at a yard sale Still the best work pants around.
This is the thing ... I am just pretty great at finfing deals.
Shopping addiction is definitely getting a shopping fix to replace some other thing lacking in the addict's life.
The same coukd be said about any hobby.
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I hate clothes and shoes shopping….unless I find $2.00 Levi's at a yard sale
Still the best work pants around.
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