Shopping addiction
SHO P P IN G A D D I CT IO N
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WHAT IS SHOPPING ADDICTION?
COMPULSIVE BUYING DISORDER
ONIOMANIA
6% U.S POPULATION
URGE TO BUY UNNECESSARY THINGS
LITERALLY MEANING "FOR SALE INSANITY"
HOW IT WORKS?
Shopping Guilt
Emotional
Craving
trigger
HISTORY
ORIGINALLY DESCRIBED BY EMIL KRAEPELIN AND EUGEN BEULER
LITTLE INTEREST UNTIL 1990
BAERLY RECOGNIZED AS A MENTAL ILLNESS
SYMPTOMS
I. OVER-PREOCCUPATION WITH BUYING
II. DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF THE ACTIVITY
III. BUYING IS NOT LIMITED TO MANIC EPISODES
CONSEQUENCES
BROKEN MARRIAGES ANXIETY
LOST JOBS DEAFULTED LOANS
HEALTH PROBLEMS LOSING CONTROL OF LIFE
THIEVING PRISON
BANKRUPTCY PSYCHOPATY