I believe I may have an addiction to shopping.  How about you?
It wouldnt surprise me if I was genuinely addicted haha!
Many would joke at the impulse being classified truly as an addiction.  However, there is much truth to shopping as a disorder.  It's medical term is oniomania.
Yeah I have heard about that. I presume its more common in women?
Hard to say whether or not its more common with women.  I believe the uncontrollable urge to shopping and buying behavior could be equal among men and women.
Yeah makes sense. I suppose people use shopping to fill a void in their lives.
. Most people with CBD meet the criteria for a personality disorder. Compulsive shopping is classified by ICD-10 (F63.8) as an "impulse control disorder, not otherwise classified." Several authors consider compulsive shopping rather as a variety of dependence disorder.
History.
Emil Kraepelin originally described oniomania 1924, and he and Bleuler both included the syndrome in their influential early psychiatric textbooks. However, little interest was taken in CBD until the 1990s, and, even in the 21st century, compulsive shopping can be considered a barely
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