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.

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Oniomania

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oniomania

It might help some of you understand the reasons for your retail therapy. As if we don't already know! But I would also like to hear how any of you are able to sustain willpower especially around the holiday season. I am leaving my job in a week so I have to stop my bad habits.
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I try to think hard about every little putchase. Even at the grocery. I stand near the cash register and try to evaluate ever purchase. I try to control the impulsive purchases. I stand there probably looking like a nut and weigh all things that have to do with it.
If i buy this cool new sweater will i have to count quarters for the kids lunch money later in the week. THat kind of thing.
i am so not successful everytime i try this. But i think it has helped.
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I also obsess over what I spend. Even if I know it is something I will regret later, I think about it repeatedly. Sometimes I'll be in line and I'll go put the thing back on the shelf and leave the store. Then I might come back the next day and buy it.
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omg.. i do that too!!! i have had a purse on my mind for months!! i keep changing to ones i've had and it's just not cutting it.
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