Shopping addiction is a real disorder and ‘should not be trivialized’

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Sept. 26, 2019 – Experts agree that people with a shopping addiction find it difficult to stop and that it results in harm, showing that it is an involuntary and destructive kind of behaviour. People with the condition often try to hide it from friends and partners as they feel shame, alienating themselves from the people who are best placed to support them. But researchers do struggle to agree on a definition of the condition – largely due to a lack of comprehensive or conclusive research into the problem. ‘Shopping addiction, which is also known as ‘compulsive shopping disorder’ or ‘oniomania’, is a socially and financially damaging psychological condition,’ it reads on the Priory website. ‘While many people like to shop during time off, at weekends, or during seasonal holiday periods such as at Christmas, shopping addiction involves an overwhelming urge to shop and subsequently spend until it begins to adversely affect your life.

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