Compulsive Shopper

With the luxury of having credit cards, compulsive shoppers can have what they want in just a matter of a “swipe”. Not that I am against credit cards, but it is tragic that people with shopping addiction can be in bondage of serious debt situation when they are not careful with their lifestyle.

Compulsive shopping is when one buys something that he or she does not necessarily need. It is a continual lust for more. People who are called shopaholics cannot really differentiate their needs from their wants. What they want, they get. Right away. There is no time to waste, nor is there time to wait. Oftentimes compulsive shoppers are wiling to do whatever it takes, at any cost just to get what they want.

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Compulsive shoppers are becoming more common these days. It is not surprising in this society where shopping seem to be made very easy and convenient with credit cards, online shopping and of course, those advertisements on tv, printed ads and all over the internet promising that their products are the best and are really worth-trying.

Shopping addictions are believed to be more common in women. In the past, for example, 95% percent of those who are found to have this addiction are women. Nowadays, though, more and more men are also found out to have this kind of addiction. As to age, recent studies have shown that even teen-agers could now be guilty of this rare disorder.

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If you walked into a shopping mall and you feel a strong urge to shop, that might be normal. Most, if not all people can feel that way. But a compulsive buyer is quite different. Studies show that these people experience a mounting tension that can only be relieved when they shop for clothes, jewelry, shoes, cosmetics, or whatever it is that they fancy at a particular time.

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If you’ve watched the movie “Confessions of a shopaholic” and you can totally relate to that woman who has an addiction to shopping, you might have different reactions to the movie. Either you just laugh because it is so real to you and you are greatly enjoying your being a shopaholic and is in fact proud of being one, or you are so desperate for a change of lifestyle.

Compulsive shopping can be enjoyable as it can be very frustrating. It can be enjoyable in the sense that you have the ability to buy things given a very short time to do so. Only a few people have that ability, so you enjoy your skill in buying things you want given the time constraints. It can be frustrating when compulsive shoppers find themselves shopping even if it is not on schedule—worse, even if it is out of their budget!

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