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Are you addicted to shopping?
Lakeesha Brown
Issue date: 11/8/06 Section: A&E
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With the two biggest money-spending holidays around the corner you must ask yourself, are your finances under control? Lately have you noticed your dresser drawers and clothes are filling to capacity with clothes, shoes and other accessories? Are you late on your rent, car payment, tuition or any other financial obligations?
You may have a newly introduced disorder-compulsive shopping disorder. Laugh it off as you may, but according to http://www.addictionrecov.org this addiction affects an estimated 8 percent of people in the U.S. The addiction's main symptom is having the preoccupation with buying unneeded items and the inability to walk away without purchasing them. CSD is prone to affect anyone, but usually targets women who have spells of depression.
It could be granted that some of these individuals are just plain using bad judgment, but others have trouble seeing the distinction between shopping for fun and shopping out of a compulsive behavior. A person with CSD has an elated feeling while shopping, but may actually become even more depressed when returning from the shopping spree.
Listed on the aforementioned website is a list of symptoms related to CSD:
• Shopping or spending money as a result of feeling disappointed, angry or scared
• Feeling lost without credit cards
• Feeling a rush of euphoria and anxiety when spending money
• Feeling guilty, ashamed, embarrassed or confused after shopping or spending money
These behaviors are especially prevalent during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. Shopping is on everyone's list so persons afflicted with CSD have an easy time playing off their compulsive behaviors as normal routine holiday shopping.
Society has placed such a high value on the outer appearance of individuals that people in turn spend more and more money trying to keep up with the current trends. As with any addiction, persons with CSD become dependent on shopping to relieve negative feelings that cause them unease and discomfort.
If you or someone you know is suffering from Compulsive Shopping Disorder, help is out there. Contact 1-800-522-3784 for more information.
You may have a newly introduced disorder-compulsive shopping disorder. Laugh it off as you may, but according to http://www.addictionrecov.org this addiction affects an estimated 8 percent of people in the U.S. The addiction's main symptom is having the preoccupation with buying unneeded items and the inability to walk away without purchasing them. CSD is prone to affect anyone, but usually targets women who have spells of depression.
It could be granted that some of these individuals are just plain using bad judgment, but others have trouble seeing the distinction between shopping for fun and shopping out of a compulsive behavior. A person with CSD has an elated feeling while shopping, but may actually become even more depressed when returning from the shopping spree.
Listed on the aforementioned website is a list of symptoms related to CSD:
• Shopping or spending money as a result of feeling disappointed, angry or scared
• Feeling lost without credit cards
• Feeling a rush of euphoria and anxiety when spending money
• Feeling guilty, ashamed, embarrassed or confused after shopping or spending money
These behaviors are especially prevalent during the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons. Shopping is on everyone's list so persons afflicted with CSD have an easy time playing off their compulsive behaviors as normal routine holiday shopping.
Society has placed such a high value on the outer appearance of individuals that people in turn spend more and more money trying to keep up with the current trends. As with any addiction, persons with CSD become dependent on shopping to relieve negative feelings that cause them unease and discomfort.
If you or someone you know is suffering from Compulsive Shopping Disorder, help is out there. Contact 1-800-522-3784 for more information.
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