Shopaholic is a kind of psychological disorder

Shopaholic in psychology, is known as an impulsive psychological behavior, but the emergence of shopaholic psychology, also indicates that our female friends suffer from psychological disorders, since it is a disease, then it will certainly bring negative impact on our lives, then how to treat patients with shopaholic disease?

Shopaholics have psychological disorders

"Shopaholic" refers to a pathological shopping disorder, which belongs to the range of psychological symptoms of "impulsive control disorder". People with pathological shopping often have other types of psychological disorders, such as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other problems.

Pathological shopping disorder is different from overspending in general. Overspending means exceeding one's consumption expectations, that is, spending too much money. But people with pathological shopping disorder don't want to buy goods, they are addicted to the act of "buying". I just like the feeling of buying things, I feel uncomfortable if I don't buy things, but I regret and feel guilty after buying them.

Make a list before you go shopping

A common approach for shopaholics is cognitive behavioral therapy, which teaches them that impulsive purchases can lead to debt problems later on. Familiarize actors with the causal relationship between overspending and indebtedness through repeated exercises; Learn to make a pre-purchase list and sort the items you want into three categories: what I want but don't need, what I might need, and what I really need.

If you are also accompanied by severe depression, you can appropriately use some antidepressants, which can properly relieve the impulse to buy. However, it is still necessary to cooperate with cognitive behavioural therapy, which can really help improve all aspects of symptoms.

If someone in your family is in a similar situation, you need a little more understanding. Shopaholics are usually due to lack of confidence in life, lack of self-identity illusion narcissistic emotional compensation, more chat with them, give some affirmation and support in life, can make them get physical and mental satisfaction.

If parents don't want their kids to be shopaholics in the future, they need to start now. Do not blindly use material to reward children, avoid letting children treat material as the main source of happiness, and develop bad values and behaviors.

To keep you away from shopaholics

1. Don't carry credit or cash cards, and try to pay cash for purchases.

2. Reduce the number of credit cards to just one for emergencies.

3. Carry only as much cash as you need.

4. If you really want to go shopping, just look at the displays after the store closes to reduce temptation.

5. Avoid glossy shopping magazines or TV shopping channels.

6. Make a shopping list before you go out and only buy what's listed.

7. Keep a daily shopping journal so you know how much you spent today and if you bought anything you didn't need or repeat.

8. Take up other hobbies, especially sports, like walking or climbing, away from promotional environments.

9. Find a mature, controlled close friend to be a "cheerleader" and tell him or her about your predicament. Call him when you can't stand the urge to buy something and ask him to help you.

This psychological disorder of shopping mania can be treated without the use of drugs, therefore, if we all have this psychological situation and produced crazy shopping behavior, then they should pay attention to, must be reasonable with self-regulation methods, improve their symptoms, get rid of psychological disorders as soon as possible.