Shopping Addiction Support Group
Oniomania (also known as shopping addiction), is the compulsive desire to shop. Similar to other compulsive behaviors, sufferers often experience the highs and lows associated with addiction. The purchase generates a mood of satisfaction, gives their life meaning, and lets them forget about their sorrows.
Hello,
I am new to the group and find it refreshing that there is a group for people who like to shop a bit too much.
I shop mostly when I am bored and tend to buy useful things and mostly stuff for other people, but still there are times I will buy stuff and forget what I ordered so when packages come in it is like Christmas because I forget what it is. It has gotten to the point where I had maxed out multiple credit cards and ruined my credit because I couldn't afford to pay them.
For years I was good, I was super frugal and didn't buy anything I didn't absoluetely need. Since then I have gotten a job that pays a lot more than jobs I have had previously and have started to buy things again. I don't have any credit cards this time, but I spend my entire paycheck and can't seem to save anything. I don't want to fall into the same pit I did years ago, but getting new things makes me happy and makes me feel good that I can actually afford to buy stuff.
Thanks for listening.
What kinds of things are you buying for others and what do you think you are getting out of buying for others? How does it make you feel good?
Don't get me wrong I buy myself stuff all the time...in a 6 month time frame I have bought 2 chicken coops, 9 chickens, accessories for the coops, a bunch of clothes, 4 pair of shoes, CDs, Fitness watch, a lot of wine....I see it, I want it at that moment and I buy it. Granted most of what I buy for myself ends up getting returned because I feel guilty for spending money on myself.