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Originally Posted by phoenix7
This may not seem like much of a problem ...
I buy things ....lots of things ..things i dont need with money i dont have....they keep giving me more credit ...I have two cards in an"arangement " yet igot another card and was going to transfer a balance over to get an interest free period from my other cards or one of them but i spent that too - I am so in debt i juggle one card to pay another and yet i still spend
it makes me forget that life is **** - I have ptsd - it takes my mind off it for a while - it stops me from SI either with overeating - or eating stuff i know will make me physically ill (im diabetic) not sick as in vomiting - just so ill i cant move...that way i dont go out ..I cant be trusted.. there is only me to check me and I am not strong enough..I just keep digging a deeper and deeper hole - I give the things away ..or keep them - im not talking prada bags - i mean books,, dvds,, .....Clothes I shouldnt buy because nothing looks good on me
My depression lifts for a while when i spend - til the bills come in and i cant pay them - but then there is a sort of game of juggling ... and its a punishment...
and I live in ....well chaos..
im not sure i should be here - if i shouldnt delete me and no ill feeling - just well ...dunno...
need to stop and cant - make plans - arrangments - cut my cards up but they send new ones ...
maybe a lost cause ...i still have a roof over my head and food so im ok nothing to whinge about i guess
when my sister rings up and winds me up . .. i buy somthing and that makes me feel better -but then i feel bad....lol i am nuts lol
just want to curl up and ...well not exist...but hey thats life right !
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Do you like to read at all? I've quelled shopping urges by downloading Amazon's Kindle app ... they have tons of free books, some of which aren't bad. And if you see a book that's not free, you can have a free sample sent to you. It satisfies that transactional part of shopping and quantity...the sky's the limit. Cost: $0.00
It also satisfies my urge to consume which is a feeling I get if my mood is too elevated. Not food, but a strong underlying urge to consume. Not sure how to describe it...just consumption. Lots.
I have spent 70k on stuff in one year when I was manic. I can't afford that anymore. Those days are over!
Try the Kindle thing! It may work for you. I'd been wanting to read some Charles Dickens. They were free and normally I would have hit Barnes & Noble. I used to drop $500 everytime I went in there, ugh.
If you aren't a big reader, there are cookbooks, self-help books, crafts books, probably underwater basket weaving books for free. lol