Shopping addiction is considered when the urge to buy and shop products that are not needed at all, despite not having enough cash or credit card limit, is considered.
Firstly, Kreaplin (1915) defined "uncontrollable shopping" shopping addiction defined as '''behavior''; It can be defined as repetitive and excessive buying episodes that cause personal and social difficulties. The person typically experiences repetitive, irresistible urges to buy, and tensions that are only reduced by purchasing (Christtenson 1994).
Individuals do not need to have a specific budget. If necessary, they borrow money and shop, they can go and shop again when the packages are not opened, there may be many products that are still on the label or have never been used, and they try to hide them from other people, because what matters to these people is that they are more interested in what they live in the process than owning the items.
SYMPTOMS
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Anxiety about not being able to shop, the need to constantly shop
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The need for unnecessary and even unwanted items/ Buying products
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Unable to prevent oneself even if financially difficult (Black, 1996).
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Longer than intended time shopping (McElroy et al., 1994).
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Some people relax when they see their shopping packages.
So, What Could Cause This Situation?
Encouraged lives, media, credit card usage, and the internet are ways that facilitate this behavior.
Negative emotions such as unhappiness, anger, loneliness, frustration, shopping in some people make the person feel strongly happy and relieved. After the negative emotions before the behavior, he leaves himself to euphoria and relaxation.
The person tries to fill the feeling of emptiness, but when this feeling is over, he may even become depressed. As soon as you shop, you immediately relax, get pleasure, and at that time dopamine and endorphin are released in the brain.
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