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Originally Posted by Artchic528
I understand where she is coming from, and I do feel as though I have a problem, but doing drastic things to curb the problem instead of solving the reason as to why I compulsively buy things isn't the answer. At least in my honest opinion it's not. I need to understand why I feel the need to feel content so damn much.
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As a former shopaholic I disagree with this. It is not so important that you need to understand
why you buy things online. You just need to
change the behavior.
In my situation I was obsessed with model horses. I began to choose buying model horses rather than pay the mortgage on my farm where I had a real, live horse. I spent as much as $2500 on a single plastic horse (and later sold it for $3200, a nice profit). It was a beautiful model but it cost more than my real horse!
It was only after I received a letter from the mortgage holder saying if I did not start paying my mortgage they would take legal action to reclaim the farm that I stopped my destructive, impulsive buying.