Are You a Shopaholic

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. • Chapters • 0:00 Introduction • 1:54 Signs of being a Shopaholic • • • • Being a shopaholic means having an addiction to shopping. • Shopaholics tend to go out and shop compulsively rather than having control over their buying impulses. • While it may not sound like a rare problem, it is quite prevalent. • 18 million people have an addiction to shopping in the US alone. • A shopaholic has an uncontrolled need to spend money. • Shopping is a recreation for most people but ends up being a mental health disorder for shopaholics. • Sometimes the obsession is with a certain product or a kind of product, such as jewelry or shoes. • However, it can also extend to any kind of purchase of objects. • Spending money and buying things generates a high for shopaholics that is similar to the ones felt by drug addicts. • If the brain associates the wave of pleasure with shopping, it will soon be compelled to repeat it. • Still, there remains debate concerning the true nature of this problem and how it manifests with people. • A popular societal view is that women deal with it more than men – a claim that has no scientific backing. • The American Psychological Association (APA) does not even consider it to be an actual mental health disorder. • Yet, people continue to suffer from a compulsive need to shop, whether it may be called a mental health disorder or not. • They cannot get out of the habit of spending their money, even when it may prove to be harmful to them. • Although some people can get out of it after a while, others find it to be a constant part of their lives and must struggle with it daily. • Let’s look at what makes a person a shopaholic. • Signs • The first and most prominent sign of being addicted to shopping is feeling the obsession to shop regularly. • Shopaholics may spend money weekly or even daily, mostly without care for what they are buying. • Another sign is if they go out shopping when they are under a lot of stress. • Extensive stress manifests in different ways and people utilize all kinds of tactics to deal with it. • Shopping is one of them, and a shopaholic might feel compelled to find relief by going out to buy things. • Another prominent sign is maxing out credit cards and not hesitating to sign on for new ones. • Not caring about their financial situation just to be able to buy more shows addiction to shopping. • Furthermore, a wave of happiness or euphoria will follow each purchase which will become greater with each purchase. • Moreover, most of the purchases would be unneeded or meaningless things. • Shopaholics just need to spend money, no matter what they end up buying. • Shopaholics can also tend to steal or lie to get what they need when they no longer have the money for it. • They often feel no regret about their actions and continue to defend their shopping addiction. • Finally, just like any addict, they find it hard to change and kick their addiction. • They may return to it routinely.

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