My Shopping Addiction Is Out Of Control | Compulsive Shoppers | Our Stories

She’s lonely, empty, bored, and has not cultivated her natural talents. She is, however, a sweet girl and shouldn’t be criticized but give her the chance to self reflect and find Herself.

Totally get this addiction! Mine started after I was widowed… it started as a coping mechanism

Credit was so easy to get, which would enable people. I used to be addicted to shopping, partly because I have self esteem issues. I used to buy things to wear and lots of make up in order to make myself feel better. I now realise that it isn’t the way forward. I am slowly selling the things, particularly clothing, that I don’t need.

I wasn't rewarded enough as a child and shopping is the only way I can get the proper amount of dopamine. I feel like i'm "owed" rewards that I missed out on as a kid. I was rewarded with things that produced no dopamine like bookmarks (I hated reading after elementary school). I also never got my graduation trip that I was promised after my masters degree was complete because of the pandemic. I spent 3 years working nonstop and i burnt myself out and I'm still upset that I didn't get my graduation trip so I shop to replace the fake "rewards". On top of that, I wasn't allowed to wear age appropriate clothes until i was 15, which made me feel bad about my appearance and I often felt infantilized because i wasn't allowed age appropriate clothes (i was forced to dress like a kid till i was 15). I absolutely despised wearing juvenile clothes and always thought that my friends looked nicer in their fancy clothes that they wore to orchestra or other formal things.I was stuck with child- like clothes until i was 15 . I'm now drawn to trashier clothes because I don't want to look juvenile. I was given lunch money and i would stash it and not eat lunch at all in high school (mostly due to ADHD meds) until i had enough money to get what clothes i wanted when i went shopping with friends. My friends were always shocked that i had enough money for a bunch of outfits because i stashed my lunch money

I saw a different show about shopaholics and so many of the people were depressed and using shopping as escapism.

Shopping is Therapeutic for many 🤩 Trauma for family and Delight for Retailers 😎

I pray she becomes a mom one day and finds a great mate 💜

Most dangerous addictions are in fact legal

I had the same addiction until i opened up my own boho shop, with my own creations!!

I feel her pain I buy stuff and forget about it

Just sell a couple of handbags, pay back the debt, problem solved. She's clearly from a wealthy family, I'm sure her parents have bailed her out before. And only being in £7K of debt, based on what she owns, shows she's been able to pay the debts back or has had someone help her do that.

It’s a disorder like anorexia or cutting. She needs professional help which I hope she gets. Nobody cares about “things.”

Idk if I can say I was ever a shopaholic because I never allowed it to affect my credit score but I did go through a phase where I would spend most of my paycheck on clothes and stuff I wanted but that was before I had a child. Now i can be considered a cheapskate 🤣

I think since my mum stopped cigarettes, she's been coping with a shopping addiction. But now I see what it really looks like.

This helped me out a lot,thanks! I hope she is happy now!

I find it very difficult to spend money. I look at the styles, but money represents future possibilities. So I save for the future. Tina, Al's wife

I need shoes and clothes and furniture in my new place. I’m overwhelmed and stressed as I am trying to shop for basics and furniture. I return 90% of what I buy, because of a buyers remorse. And I end up with the things I can’t return and not happy to keep. It’s just exhausting and draining.

Bless her she just loves her parents so much she's not wanting to ever waste a moment living with them shes a credit to how beautiful her parents have been When i stopped smoking i bought myself a new aftershave in sale and before I knew ìt ive got over 200 bottles its a real easy hobby to fall into especially if you are replacing an addiction of sorts because you are chasing that few seconds of endorphin hit i still have weak moments with spending but im trying to get addicted to saving now 😂

The parents are to blame. My Mother had friends who did this to their daughter. In that instance the daughter of my mothers friend never left home and now in her early 60,s cares for her father at home since her mother died 15 years ago. She never had a life of her own and like Dipna I think she never will.

im watching this a few days before Black Friday and the ads are like Shop! Shop! Shop!