Shopaholic (a mental disorder?)

Shopaholic means someone who obsessed with shopping. It came from SHOP + AHOLIC.

It is an obsession with shopping that eventually interferes with daily routine of an individual. Most of Shopaholics feel anxiety when not shopping, or they consider shopping as a remedy for their stress, boredom and sadness. They feel a change of mood, a sense of euphoria/happiness when shopping.

Excessive shopping may result to a mental disorder, debt, and marital discord. Nowadays, shopaholic can take anti depressant medication that lessen anxiety or stop compulsive shopping.

Symptoms of a SHOPAHOLIC:

• Compulsive Buying
• Go beyond budget
• Tend to hide purchases from your partner and other mentor
• Tend to hide credit card bills and bank statement
• Feeling guilty after a shopping spree.
• Shop when sad, bored and tense
• Over used of credit card
• Lying about how much they spent
• Always thinking about money
• Unable to pass up a "SALE"
• Regular impulsive buyer
• Not using items you've purchased
• Using shopping as a "pick me up"
• Don’t prioritize necessities
• Allocating a large amount of time and money on shopping and planning future shopping expeditions
• Experiencing withdrawal symptoms from shopping
• Giving up other social or recreational activities to shop

Shopaholic must read Confession of a Shopaholic by Sophia Kinsella. You can relate to her situation and after reading that book,

… “NO, stop being so rebecca bloomwoods” “stop being shopaholic”.

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