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<blockquote data-quote="TheWalrus" data-source="post: 681337" data-attributes="member: 19905"><p>It sounds as though shopping is her addiction and it is as real as drugs or gambling. They get some kind of immediate thrill, a euphoria, from the purchase. However, the thrill is only temporary so they have to go out and do it again and again to get that feeling, even if they don't need or use the items they buy. </p><p></p><p>It may seem hard to understand, but I don't understand addiction to cigarettes, drugs, alcohol, porn, gambling...because my mind doesn't work that way. So yes, she has an illness just as if it were any of those other things. It is easy for people to say, "Just don't buy it if you can't afford it," and roll their eyes at how ridiculous and irrational it is do such a thing. But it is just as irrational to put poison in your body, knowing what drugs do to your body and mind. </p><p></p><p>She sounds like she has some compulsive behavior that she needs therapy for, and there is probably something underlying it that makes her feel she has to make these purchases to compensate for whatever she feels is missing.</p><p></p><p>JMO</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheWalrus, post: 681337, member: 19905"] It sounds as though shopping is her addiction and it is as real as drugs or gambling. They get some kind of immediate thrill, a euphoria, from the purchase. However, the thrill is only temporary so they have to go out and do it again and again to get that feeling, even if they don't need or use the items they buy. It may seem hard to understand, but I don't understand addiction to cigarettes, drugs, alcohol, porn, gambling...because my mind doesn't work that way. So yes, she has an illness just as if it were any of those other things. It is easy for people to say, "Just don't buy it if you can't afford it," and roll their eyes at how ridiculous and irrational it is do such a thing. But it is just as irrational to put poison in your body, knowing what drugs do to your body and mind. She sounds like she has some compulsive behavior that she needs therapy for, and there is probably something underlying it that makes her feel she has to make these purchases to compensate for whatever she feels is missing. JMO [/QUOTE]
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