Reading. Shop till you drop Nersysian M.A, Pirozhenko A.O

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For an estimated 6% of Americans with compulsive buying tendencies, the holiday season is a tough time of the year as attractive bargains egg people on to spend. “The whole culture conspires against us in the holiday season,” says April Lane Benson, a Manhattan psychologist. Besides tempting sales and the urge to shop for oneself, she says, “the holidays bring up a lot of unfulfilled longing for some people – and that’s one reason why they shop, as a salve for disappointment.”

1.Americans are the people with cumpulsive buying tendencies

For an estimated 6% of Americans with compulsive buying tendencies, the holiday season is a tough time of the year as attractive bargains egg people on to spend. “The whole culture conspires against us in the holiday season,” says April Lane Benson, a Manhattan psychologist. Besides tempting sales and the urge to shop for oneself, she says, “the holidays bring up a lot of unfulfilled longing for some people – and that’s one reason why they shop, as a salve for disappointment.”

2.Holiday is a period of tempting sales

While the stereotypical compulsive shopper is traditionally a woman in her 30s, experts say the ease and speed of Internet shopping is appealing more men and more young people. Over Black Friday weekend, men outspent women $484 to $317, on average, according to the National Retail Federation. Men also spent an average of $200 online – twice as much as the average woman.

3.Astereotypical compulsive shopper is a woman in her30 years old.

While the stereotypical compulsive shopper is traditionally a woman in her 30s, experts say the ease and speed of Internet shopping is appealing more men and more young people. Over Black Friday weekend, men outspent women $484 to $317, on average, according to the National Retail Federation. Men also spent an average of $200 online – twice as much as the average woman.

4. According to the National Retail Federation, men spend on line twice as much as women

In a 2005 survey of 195 U.K. teenagers who grew up with the Internet, 44% showed signs of compulsive shopping habits, according to research published in the British Journal of Psychology. “The Internet is dangerous for compulsive buyers,” says psychiatrist Elias Aboujaoude. “Transactions move so quickly that it is hard to pause to reassess the buying desire”, he says. 

5. 44% of teenagers in the UK are cumpulsive buyers

In a 2005 survey of 195 U.K. teenagers who grew up with the Internet, 44% showed signs of compulsive shopping habits, according to research published in the British Journal of Psychology. “The Internet is dangerous for compulsive buyers,” says psychiatrist Elias Aboujaoude. “Transactions move so quickly that it is hard to pause to reassess the buying desire”, he says. 

6.The internet is not dangerous for compulsive buyers, because transaction do not move quickly

But when does “retail therapy” cross the line at compulsive shopping? Experts say purchasing turns pathological when people continue to do it even though it causes financial problems, disrupts work, family or social life, or involves deceit, such as hiding bills and packages. Feeling out of control is another tip-off.

7. Compulsive purchasing is pathological because it causes financial problems, disrupts work, family or social life, or involves deceit.

But when does “retail therapy” cross the line at compulsive shopping? Experts say purchasing turns pathological when people continue to do it even though it causes financial problems, disrupts work, family or social life, or involves deceit, such as hiding bills and packages. Feeling out of control is another tip-off.

8.Compulsive shopper are out of control

Compulsive buying disorder is generally considered an impulse-control problem. Some sufferers describe feeling their hearts race, cheeks flush, and abandoning all sense of caution when they’re stalking favourite items. “Usually, the idea is, “I see it, I like it, I want it, I buy it – and damn the consequences,” says Donald W. Black, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa. But the thrill fades fast and is often followed by regret, and then more shopping to feel better again

9.Compulsive buying disorder is like a desease, you see. you like. you buy. you regret ... and then repeat it again

Compulsive buying disorder is generally considered an impulse-control problem. Some sufferers describe feeling their hearts race, cheeks flush, and abandoning all sense of caution when they’re stalking favourite items. “Usually, the idea is, “I see it, I like it, I want it, I buy it – and damn the consequences,” says Donald W. Black, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa. But the thrill fades fast and is often followed by regret, and then more shopping to feel better again

10.Compulsive buying is good for your home, because you have much things at home

Many compulsive shoppers also suffer from depression, anxiety, or eating disorders. Compulsive shoppers themselves often have a sense of what drives them. Some suffer from low self-esteem and think the perfect dress or accessory will help overcome it.

11.Most of compulsive shoppers suffer from low self esteem and think that perfect thing will help them to feel better

Arzu Yonak says she shopped out of boredom growing up in rural Ohio. The habit got out of hand when she had an internship in New York – and her father’s credit cards – at the age of 20. “I remember having five shopping bags in one hand and the phone in the other, saying “Mom, Ican't stop

12.The shopping habit can get out of habit, when you have your father's credit card.