I never thought my shopping sprees were tied to a hypomanic state, but now this thread has got me thinking.

Initially, when I indulge in shopping sprees it was to get rid of a rather large emotion that had been building up inside of me. Unable to identify the emotion and why I am having it, I shop and then the large emotion goes away. I do feel at the time out of control, not really myself and unable to stop myself from spending.

When I get home, I experience elation because the huge emotion has gone, however, within a few days time, emotions start to develop again and over time, the emotions become huge and I have to either get rid of whatever I purchased or buy something else to get rid of the emotion.