
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”.