When we go shopping, many of our issues go away for a while. In some way, it can offer remedy for whatever you might be feeling. Yet that satisfaction can be taken to far and results in a shopping addiction. Check the following traits to find out if you have a problem that needs immediate help:
- You go shopping when you are emotionally upset, depressed or annoyed.
- When you reach home from a shopping trip, you find yourself hiding your purchases from your family.
- You keep buying new clothes/shoes/make-up products/accessories, although you already have too many to keep count of.
- You get a very pleasurable buzz when you are out shopping. You feel in control of your life.
- You have spent more than you can afford while shopping.
- You feel great when a store salesperson treats you with reverence.
- You feel guilty about shopping, but only until your next jaunt.
- Your spouse is angry about the amount you spend.
- You find yourself selling jewellery, borrowing money or withdrawing money from fixed assets to go shopping.
- You treat shopping as your own private guilty secret. You actually find yourself fantasizing about shopping. And find yourself making up excuses to visit malls.
