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A Day in the Life of a Shopaholic

If just reading Elizabeth Hartney’s fictional account of “the day to day experience of shopping addiction” on about.com leaves you […]

Compulsive hoarding is an anxiety disorder that affects nearly 1.4 million Americans. That number demands more research. There’s a lot

My first conscious awareness of the relationship between eating disorders and compulsive shopping came in the early 90’s at a

Many women -and men too – love shoes, but when you have over $20,000 worth of them, it’s probably time

Blogger Amy Hoover dates the rise of shopping addictions to the 1990s. It’s no coincidence that this is the same

A one-time shopping spree is probably not a symptom of a behavioral addiction; neither is getting pleasure from using a

Today I’d like to focus on a topic that can cause real anxiety in people who are addicted to shopping:

The internet, TV shopping channels, and credit cards have made shopping even easier. While this has been great for businesses,

Not everyone is a year-round shopaholic. For many people, this addiction only comes along during the holidays as an emotional

A shopping addiction can provide entertainment for television and movies as in the show “My Shopping Addiction” and the popular