I'm giving a speach on compulsive shopping and I know all the bad stuff about it. But what I'm trying to do is explain that something good can come from it. Is this possible?
2006-12-02 04:50:39 · 10 answers · asked by myomyprice 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
maybe someone is using compulsive shopping to replace a "worse" addiction?
unlike drug/alcohol abuse, there wouldn't appear to be any lasting medical consequences from compulsive shopping...plus if you feel guilty or suffer negative consequences after a binge, you can "return" what you bought w/o corroding your esophagous lining ala bulimia.
if compulsive shopping is like methadone for some ppl then, if it reduces the use of the analogous heroin, it's arguably a good thing
2006-12-02 06:43:42 · answer #1 · answered by carrot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spending money makes me very happy but when the money is gone I find I am more depressed than I was to start with, and most of the time I spend it on little stupid things and have nothing to show for it. Check out the episode of oprah on november 31. It was this past friday. She had a homeless guy on that some people did a documentary about. They hid a briefcase in a dumpster he searched through everyday with $100,000.00 in it. It was very interesting.
2006-12-02 12:59:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short term yes. Compulsive shoppers are giving in to an impulse. The more important thing to look at is impulse control.The compulsive component of the shopping will continue,unless new ways of coping with the impulses are not substituted.
2006-12-02 13:18:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Briefly happy - for a little time!
People are trying to fill up a hole inside, with drink, drugs, things - anything to relive the pain, and the gaping emptiness. All these things can offer a moment of comfort and happiness, but onlly just that. In order to heal, the root of the problem has to be addressed. But that's another story.
2006-12-02 12:55:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can, but it is fleeting if they buy for the wrong reason. I dealt with a compulsive shopper.
She could have gotten herself out of the crushing debt load, but she would not and could not sell anything.
There is no really good aspect from compulsive shopping
2006-12-02 13:09:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure it can. I get as much thrill out of spending on my kids as they do from receiving. e.g. I traded in my new stylish pick up truck in order to get my daughter her first car. I was able to get her a brand new, six air bag stylish car that she can afford to run around in and be relatively safe. The best five years of debt I have ever created.
2006-12-02 12:57:09 · answer #6 · answered by history 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some people it could. They could be getting satisfaction that they are buying that perfect outfit which will make them look great and boost their self-esteem. They could get satisfaction that they bought that perfect gift that the receiver is going to love.
2006-12-02 13:01:40 · answer #7 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose it all depends on whose money you're spending. seriously I think it does one good to go on a shopping spree every now and then, as long as it don't break the bank.
2006-12-02 12:58:43 · answer #8 · answered by poetrygirl on line 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like stocking up for an expidition, it gives you a feeling of accomplishment, sometimes deseved, if you worked hard for the money.
2006-12-02 13:01:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It gives someone happiness...if just for a moment. If it didn't make someone happy, why would they do it?
2006-12-02 12:59:23 · answer #10 · answered by Phil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋