- I have a shopping addiction
- I think I use it to cope
- I possibly have OCD, ADD, Depression, PTSD, BPD, NPD
- I binge shop a lot
- I rarely use my stuff
- I am unemployed
- I have no source of income
- I have a lot of credit card debt
- I accept myself as is
- I accept my bad habits as they are
- They are not inherently bad
- I am trying to expose myself to myself
- I am trying to appreciate what I already have
- I am trying to use up what I own
- I have always had a stream of new “stuff” coming into my life, and thus I feel like I don’t know my likes and dislikes.
- I want to learn about my likes and dislikes
- I attach a “fantasy; fantastical sense of self”, or an emotional tie to “things”.
- I don’t want my things to be part of my identity; although I feel that way deeply with books. I need to find a way to figure this out. Maybe, I need to attach my identity to the idea of the book out there existing in the world, without the need to own it. I don’t know. Maybe I shouldn’t attach my identity or romanticize books to begin with… Though, I KNOW that I always will. I am a sentimental person. It is not a bad thing. I accept myself as I am. Maybe it is OK to buy a copy of a favorite book, just because it makes me safe.
- I had an excellent credit score (though I always struggled with buying/returning, but I was able to afford it)
- I am ashamed/afraid to look at my finances
- My shopping habits make me embarrassed
- I spend a lot of time, money, energy researching, fantasizing, returning, buying stuff that I seldom use
- I have a Poshmark and Mercari accounts and I was so successful with them last year
- I’d like to get back to decluttering and being active on aforementioned platforms
- I’d like to declutter more by selling/donating/giving away as gifts
- I want to know what I actually have and how I feel about them
- I would like to partake in Project Panning, or No Buy
- I wonder how my life and my personality will change if I fixed this unhealthy habit
- I return a lot of stuff, to a point where I have to hit different malls or have friends do it for me because I am embarrassed by the quantities
- I would like to have a concrete Savings account
- I would like to feel the joy of shopping
- What I have been doing gives me no joy, it just feel like it is something I have to do
- I want to have less stuff that I love
- I want to learn about my preferences, which will lead to having more intention when I shop
- I hate feeling like I need to try everything to find the best “item”. As I am in the drowning in this process, I recognize that those decisions are trivial in the long run, but I can’t stop myself
- I am embarrassed to admit my shopping habits to others
- I feel crazy in my head
- I don’t feel normal
- I feel like I make my life hell but I can’t stop myself
- I will add more to this
- I hope I can be consistent with this
- I struggle with consistency
- I am in therapy
- I am on medication
- I will add more to this, as I think of my more confessions/ intentions
- I needed to do this, as just I BINGED on makeup shopping
- I was afraid to tally up everything; I am still afraid to open my bank account
- I need to go to mail a BUNCH of returns tomorrow
- I feel happy when I get rid of stuff
- I don’t understand the root/roots of my shopping addiction. I don’t understand it. I just want to talk about it
- I believe if people find out about my bad habits, that they will think I am a psychopath, or is it a sociopath…
- I believe that I can never find romantic love if I expose my shame and weird obsessions/habits to the other person
- Today, my therapist said what I suffer from is called a “Perfectionist Fallacy”, and most people don’t have it, but a significant minority have it and are just like me
- I am glad it has a name
- I want to learn about it
- I want to attend a Shopaholics Anonymous meeting
- I hope they take place around me
- My therapist said I have a hard time accepting reality as it is
- My credit card doesn’t go through on Ulta.com anymore, I believe the have banned me
- I have so many fictional accounts, fictional names, and emails
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