Shopping addiction
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
SUICIDE
TREATMENT
BECOMING CONSCIOUS ABOUT THE DISEASE
COGNITIVE THERAPY
GROUP WORK
HYPNOSIS
SLASHING THE CREDIT CARD DOESN'T WORK !
FUN FACTS
MARY ANN TODD LINCOLN WAS A KNOWN SHOPAHOLIC
WOMEN ARE MORE LIKELY TO BECOME ADDICTED TO SHOPPING