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Originally Posted by lilred3382
Have any of you ever gone thru the periods of time where all you wanted to do was spend money?
Im at that point as I have had a horrid month and I just wanna buy me some new things to make me feel better. However, IM pissed because my coworkers took my credit cards and everything from me so I wouldnt spend any money. They arent understanding that its not stuff I need but I want. I WANT I WANT I WANT!!! I been trying to fight the temptation, but its winning over me as I have credit cards that they dont know about and I keep applying for me.
I been in a few lawsuits for this before sad to say, and I sadly see it happening again. It just makes me feel better.
I did manage to buy my 5th MP3 player.
How am I supposed to react to them being so controlling over me and taking my stuff and not letting me spend my money.
Oh yeah..almost quit my job again too...sigh....
I WANT I WANT I WANT I WANT!!
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I have a $68,000 consolidation loan that I had to get a year and a half ago because of over spending on "stuff" within a time frame of less than a year, so I can truly relate. The spending for me can be part of hypomania, BUT I was also spending when I was happy, sad, stable etc. etc. I used stuff to try to "fill" me up. It doesn't work. It will never work. I would recommend speaking to a therapist to help find the root of your need to spend. For me it can be a sign that I'm lonely, sad, anxious and I don't want to feel those feelings, so my spending helped me stuff them. That doesn't work either and eventually you need to feel the feelings. I wish you luck and you may want to look into over spenders anon.
Do I still get the urges to spend? Hell yeah, but it's way less than before and I have my therapist to thank for that. A loan repayment of $1300.00 / month also helps with curbing the urge because it's a constant reminder of the mess I got myself in.