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I think I'm guilty of depression or anxiety shopping. There are times when a friend and I will go shopping just to deal with a ridiculously stressful day. We don't do this very often, though, because we work on opposite ends of the city. I don't think that it's an addiction for me, just compulsive spending that hits when I'm feeling particularly stressed or "out of sorts."

However, I have known someone who absolutely had to go shopping and for no particular reason at all. I sometimes wondered if it was an addiction for her, or just total irresponsibility; and she'd return half the stuff she bought, just to go out and do it all again. Her husband complained about the outrageous credit card debt she racked up, but it didn't seem to phase her. In her case, I would believe she had an addiction to shopping.

October 27, 2008 - 8:00pm

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