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Shopping maniac is because of the pressure of life?

Shopping maniac is because of the pressure of life? With the improvement of the quality of life, a group of 'shopping maniacs' are quietly emerging. Their credit cards are often blown up, and the cupboards are piled with unopened' booty '. The first reaction after shopping is not to enjoy, but to continue to search for the next purchase target & hellip; & hellip; please pay attention - is shopping maniac necessarily a shopping maniac?

In the movie "shopping Rhapsody", Rebecca is a Shopaholic who has 12 credit cards but can never fill her inner desire. She has all the typical characteristics of a Shopaholic -- buy what she likes, regret and blame herself after buying it. However, this feeling is fleeting, and she goes into the next round of shopping battle. With a morbid shopping habit, she worked as a popular reporter in the magazine success finance. Finally, she went through many difficulties to correct the bad habit like drug addiction. Is the Shopaholic suffering from some kind of mental illness? What kind of guidance does this behavior need?

There's a difference between shopaholics and overspending

Nowadays, the most popular is group buying. Seemingly cheap goods and attractive publicity have drawn many people into the ranks of irrational consumption. 'the first time I go online every day is to go to the group buying navigation. When I come across a favorite product, I think it's very cost-effective at that time. But afterwards, I either don't have time to go, or I find that I don't need it, so I often waste it. In addition, some expenses of online shopping often exceed the budget of the current month. Ms. Hu, an office worker, said: "this phenomenon is very common among young female colleagues in our company. '

According to Zhang Yuqing, a doctor from the Institute of psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, "when people can't control their consumption desire, they become addicted to shopping and force themselves to consume, it's not just an excessive consumption, but a morbid shopping disorder, which is widely defined as" compulsive shopping behavior "abroad;. Psychologically speaking, it is a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder and needs to receive certain guidance and treatment. The definition of morbid shopping disorder and over consumption needs to be based on the classification of professional psychiatric identification. '

Dong Yan, a psychology teacher at Renmin University, has her own opinion on this phenomenon: "there are three main reasons for how to distinguish between Shopaholic psychology and over consumption. First, whether the balance of revenue and expenditure, buy more, but within the scope of revenue and expenditure, that is the individual consumption concept is different. Second, it depends on whether the shopper is happy or not. Third, whether it interferes with the normal life, when the personal consumption concept evolves into a morbid way of consumption, it will greatly interfere with the normal life. If all three are satisfied, we need to face up to this problem.

Overconsumption is a kind of buying part of goods beyond one's ability under the trend of desire. What shopping maniacs buy is not goods, but emotions. What they pay attention to is the behavior and process of 'buying'. After buying back, they often feel guilty and regret, but they can't control themselves to buy again. This kind of symptom is basically consistent with the symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the diagnostic and Statistical Manual: mental disorders formulated by the American Psychiatric Association. Ms. Hu is a kind of unreasonable consumption, and excess expenditure is excessive consumption. Rebecca often struggles between "buy" and "don't buy", and in regret and remorse, she can't help but buy the next trophy.

The product of modern life style and pressure

Shopaholics can be divided into six types: impulsive consumption type lacking self-control, excessive consumption type changing from hobby to addiction, passive consumption type with soft ears, evasive consumption type reducing the feeling of emptiness, brand-name type only loving famous stores, crazy bargaining type buying a large number of goods due to greed for cheap. The causes of each type of shopaholics are different, but the roots are similar.

In the film, Rebecca once said: 'life is not good, shopping can make my life better. But after shopping, my life changes back to the original, so I have to keep shopping to live in a better life, which is also a way for me to vent. In response to this symptom, Dong Yan said: 'there are three reasons for shopping mania. First of all, it is a way for people with high pressure to vent. When some people are under great pressure at work and have no place to vent, getting pleasure from a lot of swiping cards and shopping becomes one of the channels for them to vent. Therefore, introverts are more likely to suffer from morbid shopping than extroverts, because they seldom talk to others and can't integrate into the group, so they can only choose this way to relieve pressure. Secondly, it is a kind of radical conformity in the current era. Shopaholics often blindly follow the trend. When they see what others buy, they want to own it immediately, which leads to frequent purchase of things they don't need. '

Zhang Yuqing pointed out: "the emergence of some shopping maniacs is related to Internet addiction. Some shopaholics indulge in online shopping, and a wide range of goods are displayed in beautiful pictures by businesses, which can be delivered to their homes easily by clicking, stimulating their excessive consumption. This kind of addiction is based on Internet addiction, which makes people addicted and unable to extricate themselves. '

In recent years, more and more people suffer from morbid shopping in China because of the fast-paced life and endless shopping ways. They release pressure, seek pleasure and get satisfaction in shopping. Few people can realize that this is a psychological disease, which needs attention and treatment.

There are ways to cure shopaholics

Reducing stress is the first step for shopaholics. Only by recognizing the source of stress and finding a suitable method can we fundamentally solve this problem. Enhance the communication with friends around, timely resolve anxiety and confusion, so that shopping alone in the mall shopping opportunities will be reduced.

Dong Yan pointed out: "the method based on behaviorism is a good way. By making a shopping plan for the Shopaholic, try to take less money to go out. And for the more serious group, it is suggested to communicate more with the counselor. We can make an agreement with the counselor, complete the agreement at one stage, and then make the next agreement. 'shoppers can also choose to travel together, so that people around them can urge them to spend reasonably.

In addition, cognitive behavioral therapy can also be used, that is, to change the way of looking at problems. By changing the idea that shopping can release the pressure, bring the glory and satisfy the desire of the Shopaholic, we can reasonably change the thinking of the Shopaholic. In foreign countries, there is a way of mutual aid. A group of people with common problems get together regularly every week to talk about their puzzles, help and encourage each other, and find a correct cure together. It is through the supervision of public opinion and self awakening that Rebecca auctions a large number of items she has bought and actively participates in the Mutual Aid Association. She finally gets her spiritual liberation and gets rid of this bad habit.