On the one hand, we have economists giving us gloom-and-doom reports because Christmas spending is down. And on the other hand, we get these amusing 'medical alerts' about shopping addictions. Shopping Addiction: A Serious Problem (12/9/06)
There's an 'addiction' for everything now days, and personally I'm finding this politically correct trend very disturbing. Of course all of these so-called addictions bear the same symptoms; low self-esteem, adrenaline rush, guilt... they even talk about levels of dopamine and seratonin to make this crap sound like a legitimate scientific medical condition. (Web MD article)
"People just can't help themselves..." as if to suggest this is genetic or some kind of mental disorder. Give me a fucking break! it's called self-discipline. I'm pretty sure the guy out there having sex with road-kill displays the same kind of symptoms. People can help themselves. exercise a little self-control people. Stop looking for excuses to shirk your responsibility, or I will be forced to visit your house and set your cat on fire... it's this addiction i have ...
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I used to have a major "thing" for shopping, but I think it had more to do with me being unhappy and damn BORED. Now, it's about all I can do to go to the grocery store; you can forget about shoes and clothes. (Really, you can. But only in the warm weather. Ha.)
everybody has a 'comfort food', some more destructive than others.
No clothes? sounds good to me!
What up P0nk-meister?
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