A True Life Episode on MTV episode called : " I'm A Complusive Shopper " is what gave everybody an inside look into this problem. I dvr this every time it comes on and I've seen it about 5 times . Its my favorite True Life document .
This is 18 year old Gabby From Queens . Shopping is the way her parents showed that they loved her , so she can't stop now . She developed an unhealthy habit and it got her parents 10,000$ in debt. She maxed out both of their credit cards , in total she ended up maxxing out 3. She then gets embarrassed when her card gets declined in front of her friends . Uh oh !Her father suggested she see a therapist and she got very defensive . She never went . To her , she doesn't have a problem . She was supposed to start paying them back but , then decided she wants to buy boobs .
In her case, It's obvious that she just has her priorities allllll FUCKEDUP . Nobody can even see her boobs cus her extentions are covering them . Nice sweater tho !
This sad case is Ali . She doesn't pay rent or pay off her funiture from Rent-A-Center because the money evaporates . She shops to keep up an image that she feels she needs to fit. She was in 15,000 something dollars in debt from her addiction. She acknowledged that she had it and started seeing a therapist. I don't know how this girl got in so deep , she was shopping at places like Forever 21 and Wet Seal . With Gabby , she had unworn True Religion jeans hung up in her closet , tons of Juicy sweat suites, and Louis bags & A&f sweaters and Burberry scarves - okay those things aren't cheap. UGGS and PINK are pretty affordable , I don't see how you can put off paying your bills to buy those stuff. Those are average joe clothes so she must've been buying contraband when the cameras were off or something.
Her boyfriend fueld her habit by being lenient and giving her money to go shopping. In a clip , she even left in the middle of their dinner date to run to the mall before it closed. He was surprisingly cool with it. He's a punk ! A real man wuld've told her to sit her ass down , eat her chicken and go home with the same clothes she came with . Haha , okay maybe I would've done that.
Both girls decided to sell some of their clothes to thrift stores for some money. Only thing is , thrift stores gives you like 1 tenth of your money back. 100$ jeans would be sold for like 15$ , WTF ? They shoud've craig-listed it , psshh .
A real propblem with shopping addiction comes from low self asteem. Shopping is fun and makes me happy , but it doesn't make me who I am. As it shouldn't because naked we come into this world and naked we shall leave . Until that day comes tho , buy what you can afford. If you want something that bad , save up ! Don't get a credit card and start itching your neck like a crackhead , that's unhealthy . Limit yourself so that you don't write a check that your tush can't cash !
What ever void your tryna fill by over shopping is only gonna be temporary , because yours gonna feel guilty for spending so much . Then what ? The cycle repeats itself then your broke and sad /=
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