Miss Shopaholism ... I'm Gonna Buy Something Now: When The Shopping Frenzy Becomes A Permanent Condition (Fight Shopping Addiction)
By Mia McCarthy
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Fight shopping addiction: Free yourself from compulsive shopping - treatment, help and valuable tips!
Shopping is fun for many people: Strolling through the city or shopping on the net is often a welcome opportunity to relax and do something good for yourself. Basically not object, within the scope of their own financial possibilities, to giving themselves or other persons the one or other wish to fulfill. Shopping becomes critical as a rule only when it is not and it attains a status in its own life that is in proportion to others, areas of life appears overrated.
A buying addiction usually begins insidiously. What begins as an occasional frustration purchase can unnoticed become an uncontrollable desire and quickly take on a worrying dimension. Many affected people do not manage to fight their constraints on their own.
For those affected, shopping becomes a regular intoxication.
As with many types of addiction, those addicted to shopping also have a preference for certain objects or behaviours: Some people predominantly buy shoes, others lose their heads in special offers or order the tenth food processor from the online shop. Those who are addicted to buying do not buy the items because they need them. It is all about the process of buying. This triggers an intoxicating feeling of happiness in the addict. Once the purchase is complete, however, the intoxication is also over.
This is followed by feelings of guilt and depression, which in turn are numbed by new purchases. In the end, the shopping addicts often face broken families, broken friendships and a huge mountain of debt.
Gain control over shopping addiction - Conscious and healthy consumption management!
Do something good for yourself and take some time for this guide. Take the first step into a happy and fulfilled life. Try it out - it's worth it!
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Miss Shopaholism ... I'm Gonna Buy Something Now - Mia McCarthy
Fighting shopping addiction: What to do when shopping becomes addiction?
For most people, shopping is an everyday activity that is associated with either fun or stress and serves the purchase of goods and products. Usually the motivation behind the purchase of a certain product is mostly the necessity to need it. This applies, for example, above all to food, but also to clothing. Entertainment products such as televisions and books are not vital, but are socially recognized as part of everyday necessities.
As a rule, people often buy more products than they actually need. The phenomenon can often be observed in women who buy more clothes than they actually need on so-called shopping tours. This behaviour is in most cases completely unproblematic and is even demanded and promoted by society. It is not for nothing that today's society can be characterized as a consumer society. However, those who begin to compulsively purchase goods in the knowledge that they do not need them at all and thereby exceed their financial limits suffer from a buying addiction.
Buying addiction is referred to in specialist circles as oniomania, the buying delusion, but compulsive buying behaviour, compulsive buying, pathological buying addiction or the colloquial buying frenzy are terms for a buying behaviour exceeding the normal level. The phenomenon of pathological buying madness has been described for over 100 years. However, this clinical picture has not yet been fully addressed and scientific research has so far only been carried out on a small scale. The ICD (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems), the reference work for mental disorders, does not list shopping addiction. The very terms that are used synonymously for compulsive shopping behaviour clearly indicate that shopping addiction has not yet been clearly classified. It is well known that the competent authorities do not work quickly, and it was not until 1968, for example, that the Federal Social Court recognised alcoholism as a disease.
Therefore, shopping addiction is not a recognized mental disorder in Germany to this day. From a medical point of view, it is counted as a non-substance-related dependency, impulse control disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder. If a physician is forced to name shopping addiction as a diagnosis, he must in most cases select the ICD code F63.9 unspecified abnormal habits and impulse control disorders
. These impulse control disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorders also include gambling addiction and kleptomania. In the case of an impulse control disorder, those affected are not in a position to withstand an impulse and give in to it in awareness of possible negative consequences. In Germany, it is estimated that 5 % of the population suffer from shopping addiction. How high the number of unreported cases is, however, is not known. Similarly, the group of people at risk of shopping addiction is not included in these censuses. The lack of concrete diagnostic criteria due to the lack of classification in the health care system makes it even more difficult to obtain a truly transparent number of those actually affected.
If you or an acquaintance, family member or friend suffers from buying addiction, this guide will tell you, among other things, what causes are responsible for buying addiction, how you can recognise buying addiction and how you can actively take action against it.
The shopping opportunities in the 21st century tempt many people to overconsume all kinds of goods. Shopping centres that are often open into the evening hours and advertising brochures and advertisements on every corner. In addition, bargains and sales are supposed to suggest that there is a unique opportunity that should not be missed. Shopping possibilities in the internet are still the cherry on the cream. Purchased with one click and already at home the next day. Advertising and marketing ensure that certain products promise to lead a happy and fulfilling life with exactly this purchase. Advertising is aimed at demonstrating the compelling social and psychological necessity of a particular product. The frequently used phrase you have to treat yourself to something
is almost an absolution, why many people afford things with a clear conscience, which they neither need nor meet their financial budget. If the social media and television also show a reality in which living standards marked by luxury and expensive products belong to normality, many people feel excluded and their self-esteem diminishes.