by Alexa Claro
Do you buy things simply because it feels good to buy them? Has shopping sunk you into debt? If so, then you must be a shopaholic or a compulsive shopper. You must want to quit for being a shopaholic has its consequences. These are some of them: bogs down your time, space and mind, you sacrifice you money, food, utilities or be unable to pay rising credit card balances, you sacrifice your relationships, and the worst is developing other impulse disorders.
Being a shopaholic bogs down your time, space and mind. Instead of doing more important things, you shop to kill time. You also spend inordinate amount of time shopping than being with your friends or family. You even buy a lot of things which you do not need, and they occupy most of the spaces in your house. Probably, your house if littered with unopened packages and multiples of the same item; your rooms are full of electronic equipment and software still sitting in their boxes, and you know that there is no more space for visitors anymore. When you become buried underneath a mountain of stuffs, you will begin to think of going out and buying mass quantities of organizing tools, plastic bins and filing cabinets and closet organizing components, and the like. So, the irony here is you are spending even more money to get handle on the stuff that out you to debt. Interestingly enough, you are not connecting the dots.
Apparently, you sacrifice your money, food, utilities or be unable to pay rising credit card balances. When you buy useless things despite their high prices, you know you are sacrificing your money. When you choose to shop rather to eat, you are sacrificing not just your food but also your health. You sacrifice your utilities when you become frugal in consuming the electricity, water and gas, and save the money to shop. What is worse is you cannot really afford to buy all the things you are buying. Then, you become drowned in debt yet you continue to shop until you drop.
Unfortunately, you even sacrifice your relationships with your loved ones. Instead of spending quality time with them, you go to malls all by yourself, and you don’t want them to give you feedbacks about being a compulsive shopper. Then, conflicts would occur. Another is when you usually try to hide how much money you have spent from a significant other, and this lack of honesty can only have negative effects on relationships.
Other impulse control disorders might rise from being a shopaholic. Once you spend beyond limits, the disease such as an addiction to drugs can worsen. You may indulge in compulsive theft which is known as Kleptomania, or you might steal money from others in order to continue shopping. Another impulse control disorder is the Ludomania where you continue to gamble despite the harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop.
Buying lots of stuffs cannot possibly make you happy, instead they give you problems and negative effects while simplicity frees you up to pursue the worthwhile things in life—be it family, career, athletic or creative endeavors, or simply getting lost in a good book. Lastly, if you are shopping for pleasure or to pass time, find another activity.
Do you buy things simply because it feels good to buy them? Has shopping sunk you into debt? If so, then you must be a shopaholic or a compulsive shopper. You must want to quit for being a shopaholic has its consequences. These are some of them: bogs down your time, space and mind, you sacrifice you money, food, utilities or be unable to pay rising credit card balances, you sacrifice your relationships, and the worst is developing other impulse disorders.
Being a shopaholic bogs down your time, space and mind. Instead of doing more important things, you shop to kill time. You also spend inordinate amount of time shopping than being with your friends or family. You even buy a lot of things which you do not need, and they occupy most of the spaces in your house. Probably, your house if littered with unopened packages and multiples of the same item; your rooms are full of electronic equipment and software still sitting in their boxes, and you know that there is no more space for visitors anymore. When you become buried underneath a mountain of stuffs, you will begin to think of going out and buying mass quantities of organizing tools, plastic bins and filing cabinets and closet organizing components, and the like. So, the irony here is you are spending even more money to get handle on the stuff that out you to debt. Interestingly enough, you are not connecting the dots.
Apparently, you sacrifice your money, food, utilities or be unable to pay rising credit card balances. When you buy useless things despite their high prices, you know you are sacrificing your money. When you choose to shop rather to eat, you are sacrificing not just your food but also your health. You sacrifice your utilities when you become frugal in consuming the electricity, water and gas, and save the money to shop. What is worse is you cannot really afford to buy all the things you are buying. Then, you become drowned in debt yet you continue to shop until you drop.
Unfortunately, you even sacrifice your relationships with your loved ones. Instead of spending quality time with them, you go to malls all by yourself, and you don’t want them to give you feedbacks about being a compulsive shopper. Then, conflicts would occur. Another is when you usually try to hide how much money you have spent from a significant other, and this lack of honesty can only have negative effects on relationships.
Other impulse control disorders might rise from being a shopaholic. Once you spend beyond limits, the disease such as an addiction to drugs can worsen. You may indulge in compulsive theft which is known as Kleptomania, or you might steal money from others in order to continue shopping. Another impulse control disorder is the Ludomania where you continue to gamble despite the harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop.
Buying lots of stuffs cannot possibly make you happy, instead they give you problems and negative effects while simplicity frees you up to pursue the worthwhile things in life—be it family, career, athletic or creative endeavors, or simply getting lost in a good book. Lastly, if you are shopping for pleasure or to pass time, find another activity.
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