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By Anonymous Founder
#213207
Geo f1 έγραψε:Δεν κανω πλακα.
Δεν μπορεσα να το ελεγξω

Θα το κοιταξω το λινκ απο το σπιτι γιατι δεν μπαινει απο εδω Γρηγορη.

Για να κερδίσουμε χρόνο και για να μην αγοράσεις κάτι άλλο...
Compulsive buying disorder
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Compulsive buying disorder (CBD), or oniomania (from Greek ὤνιος ṓnios "for sale" and μανία manía "insanity"[1]), is characterized by an obsession with shopping and buying behavior that causes adverse consequences. According to Kellett and Bolton (2009, p. 83), compulsive buying "is experienced as an irresistible–uncontrollable urge, resulting in excessive, expensive and time-consuming retail activity [that is] typically prompted by negative affectivity" and results in "gross social, personal and/or financial difficulties".[2] Most people with CBD meet the criteria for an axis II disorder. Compulsive shopping may be considered an impulse control disorder, an obsessive-compulsive disorder, a bipolar disorder,[3] or even a clinical addiction, depending on the clinical source.

Shopping as a mood lifter may be an adaptive behavior if no compulsion is involved; it has jokingly been called retail therapy. But like opioid use, it can be either a therapy or an addiction, depending on whether it is adaptive or maladaptive.

Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Characteristics
3 Distinctions
4 Causes
5 Identity seeking
6 Symptoms and course
7 Consequences
8 Treatment
9 Historical and cultural examples
10 See also
11 Notes
12 Further reading
13 External links
History[edit]
Emil Kraepelin originally described oniomania over a century ago,[4] and he and Bleuler [1924] both included the syndrome in their influential early psychiatric textbooks.[5] However little interest was taken in CB until the 1990s,[6] and even in the 21st century compulsive shopping can be considered a barely recognised mental illness.[7]

Characteristics[edit]
CBD is frequently comorbid with mood, anxiety, substance abuse and eating disorders. People who score highly on compulsive buying scales tend to understand their feelings poorly and have low tolerance for unpleasant psychological states such as bad moods.[8] Onset of CBD occurs in the late teens and early twenties and is generally chronic. CBD is similar to, but distinguished from, OCD hoarding and mania. Compulsive buying is not limited to people who spend beyond their means; it also includes people who spend an inordinate amount of time shopping or who chronically think about buying things but never purchase them. Promising treatments for CBD include medication such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and support groups such as Debtors Anonymous.[9][10][11][12]

Distinctions[edit]
The terms compulsive shopping, compulsive buying, and compulsive spending are often used interchangeably, but the behaviors they represent are in fact distinct. (Nataraajan and Goff 1992)[page needed] One may buy without shopping, and certainly shop without buying: of compulsive shoppers, some 30% described the act of buying itself as providing a buzz,[13] irrespective of the goods purchased.

Causes[edit]
Shopaholism often has roots in early experience, with failed parent-child transactions leading people to turn to objects to fill the sense of void and empty identity.[14] Children who experience parental neglect often grow up with low self-esteem because throughout much of their childhood they felt unimportant as people, and turned to substitute comforts,[15] such as toys or food, in compensation for loneliness. Adults who depended on material objects for emotional support when they were much younger are more likely to become addicted to shopping because of the ongoing sentiment of deprivation they endured as children: the purchase instead of the toy or the food is substituted for affection. Perfectionism, general impulsiveness and compulsiveness, and the need to gain control have also been linked to the disorder.[16]

Compulsive buying seems to represent a search for self in people whose identity is neither firmly felt nor dependable, as indicated by the way purchases often provide social or personal identity-markers.[17] Those with associated disorders such as anxiety, depression and poor impulse control are particularly likely to be attempting to treat symptoms of low self-esteem through compulsive shopping.[18]

Others, however, object that such psychological explanations for compulsive buying do not apply to all people with CBD.[19]

Social conditions also play an important role in oniomania, the rise of consumer culture contributing to the view of compulsive buying as a specifically postmodern addiction.[20]

Readily available credit cards enable casual spending beyond one's means, and some would suggest that the compulsive buyer should lock up or destroy credit cards altogether.[21] Online shopping also facilitates oniomania, with online auction addiction, used to escape feelings of depression or guilt, becoming a recognisable problem.[22]

What differentiates oniomania from healthy shopping is the compulsive, destructive and chronic nature of the buying. Where shopping can be a positive root to self-expression, in excess it represents a dangerous threat.[23]

Identity seeking[edit]
A social psychological perspective suggests that compulsive buying serves an identity-construction function. Compulsive buying may be seen as an exaggerated form of a more normal search for validation through purchasing.[24] Without a strong sense of identity, pressures from the spread of materialist values and consumer culture over the recent decades can drive the vulnerable into compulsive shopping.[25]

In a global context where we are all encouraged to "shop till we drop"[26]—to find solace in possessions[27]—compulsive shopping inevitably poses the further question, "Minority pathology or Mass problem?".[25] With advertisements offering not so much products as narratives (of success, glamour) to identify with,[28] compulsive buying may seem only an extreme aspect of what consumer culture demands from us all.[29]

Symptoms and course[edit]
Diagnostic criteria for compulsive buying have been proposed: 1. Over-preoccupation with buying; 2. distress or impairment as a result of the activity; 3. compulsive buying is not limited to hypomanic or manic episodes.[30]

While initially triggered by a perhaps mild need to feel special and less lonely, the failure of compulsive shopping to actually meet such needs may lead to a vicious cycle of escalation,[31] with sufferers experiencing the highs and lows associated with other addictions.[32] The 'high' of the purchasing may be followed by a sense of disappointment, and of guilt,[33] precipitating a further cycle of impulse buying in the quest for a sense of special identity.[34] With the now addicted person increasingly feeling negative emotions like anger and stress, they may attempt to self-medicate through further purchases,[35] followed again by regret or depression once they return home[36] - leading to an urge for yet another spree.

As debt grows, the compulsive shopping may become a more secretive act.[37] At the point where bought goods are hidden or destroyed, because the person concerned feels so ashamed of their addiction, the price of the addiction in mental, financial and emotional terms becomes even higher.[38]

Consequences[edit]
The consequences of oniomania, which may persist long after a spree, can be devastating, with marriages, long-term relationships, and jobs all feeling the strain.[39] Further problems can include ruined credit history, theft or defalcation of money, defaulted loans, general financial trouble and in some cases bankruptcy or extreme debt, as well as anxiety and a sense of life spiraling out of control.[40] The resulting stress can lead to physical health problems and ruined relationships, or even suicide.[41]

Treatment[edit]
Treatment involves becoming conscious of the addiction through studying, therapy, group work, etc... Research done by Michel Lejoyeux and Aviv Weinstein suggests that the best possible treatment for CB is through cognitive behavioral therapy. They suggest that a patient first be "evaluated for psychiatric comorbidity, especially with depression, so that appropriate pharmacological treatment can be instituted." Their research indicates that patients who received cognitive behavioral therapy over 10 weeks had reduced episodes of compulsive buying and spent less time shopping as opposed to patients who did not receive this treatment (251).

Lejoyeux and Weinstein also write about pharmacological treatment and studies that question the use of drugs on CB. They declare "Few controlled studies have assessed the effects of pharmacological treatment on compulsive buying, and none have shown any medication to be effective" (252). The most effective treatment is to attend therapy and group work in order to prevent continuation of this addiction.[42][43]

Historical and cultural examples[edit]
Mary Todd Lincoln was addicted to shopping, running up (and concealing) large bills on credit, feeling manic glee at spending sprees, followed by depressive reactions in the face of the results.[44]
In Kate Cann's novel, Hard Cash, it was a point of pride for the anti-heroine to say "my credit card is so far into the red it's turning purple".[45]
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By g8777
#213213 Σιγα μωρε, που να το μαθει.. :s_dunno

Gkeako παρε αλλο ενα ιδιο και βαλτα στον Σπαικ , δεν θα παρει χαμπαρι η κουτσουν.
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By gianik
#213229 Χωρις πλακα Γιωργο και με το θαρρος που εχω απεναντι σου , οντως κατι πρεπει να κανεις...
Ενω φαινεσαι οτι εισαι γαματο παιδι , πλακατζης , ολα καλα , μηπως πρεπει να δυναμωσεις λιγο ψυχικα; να πεισμωσεις λιγο; εχεις χαλασει μια περιουσια σε παπουτσια , τα οποια αναθεμα αν τα φορας 1-2 φορες , την στιγμη που εχεις . παρκαρει την φιεσταρα μπας κ γλυτωσεις τα λεφτα , τα οποια ομως χαλας σε παπουτσια.. :dizzy:
Ρε συ ημαρτον , καλυτερα να τα τρωγατε σε ταξιδια με την κουτσουνα κ την μπομπιτσα.. :s_dunno
Βαλε στοχους στη ζωη σου.. :rant:
1ος στοχος: Να χασεις 10 κιλα...
2ος στοχος:Να καταπολεμησεις την καταναλωτικη μανια που εχεις..


Υ.γ
Ελα την Κυριακη , να τα πουμε κ απο κοντα.. :s_empathy
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By belgarion
#213230 Ξεχνάς βέβαια ότι όταν είχε το fiesta ,είχε ρίξει μια περιουσία σε μετατροπές ...

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By PaNick67
#213239
Geo f1 έγραψε:Δειχνει πιο σοβαρο απο οτι ειναι. :(

Φυσικα και ειναι σοβαρο!!
Ρε συ, σε ενα χρονο πηρες 4 ρολογια ( ενω δεν εισαι φιλος των ρολογιων, σκεψου να ησουν δηλαδη...) 4-5 ζευγαρια αθλητικα παπουτσια ( ενω δεν αθλεισαι) και δεν ξερω ποσα ζυγαρια γυαλια ηλιου.
Δεν βαζω μπλουζακια, μπουφανακια κλπ

Τι ακριβως περιμενεις για να κανεις κατι;; Τη αιτηση διαζυγιου απο την κουτσουνα;; Θα ειναι αργα τοτε!!

Ολα αυτα τα λεφτα που πεταξες ειναι δικα σου δουλεμενα, μπορουσες να τα αποταμιευσεις, να κανεις ενα ταξιδι με την οικογενεια, να ξανακυκλοφορησεις το fiesta, να..., να..., να....

Η ευτυχια φιλε μου δεν κρυβεται στα πραγματα, στους ανθρωπους κρυβεται :) :s_roses
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By Giuseppe Busso
#213240 Geo τράβα αγόρασε καμιά κιλότα τύπου στρινγκ και καμιά βυζοθήκη για τη γυναίκα, αμπαλάρισε τα και με μία ωραία ανθοδέσμη και όλα καλά.
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By gianik
#213242 +1 στον Νικολα τον Παππα..
Λοιπον τελος η κουβεντα.... :adminpower:
Μην του την πεσουμε ολοι μονομιας , γιατι ο Γιωργης στενοχωριεται... :(


Ας αλλαξουμε θεμα , θα μου πει κανεις για τα Salomon? :protest:


Edit: :lol: Γιανναρε θα ερθεις την Κυριακη;
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By g8777
#213246 Ναι , παρηγορηστε τον και σεις τωρα. Αυτο θελει . Να διαστρεβλωσει στο μυαλο του τα λογια συμπαραστασης ως λογια αφεσης αμαρτιων για να προχωρησει στην επομενη αγορα. Τα ιδια δεν εκανε και με τα κιλα του; Φωτο με kinder μια βδομαδα μετα τα "ειμαι χαλια, δεν παει αλλο, εφτασα τα 145 κλπ".
Μονο εγω το βλεπω αυτο δλδ;
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By mjacob
#213250
giannik1977 έγραψε:Ας αλλαξουμε θεμα , θα μου πει κανεις για τα Salomon? :protest:

Προφανώς *πολύ* πιο σκληρά από Nike. Αυτός είναι και ο ρόλος τους άλλωστε.

Προσωπικά τα βρίσκω κάπως άγρια, δλδ εκτός από trekking σε βουνό δεν θα τα φόραγα πολύ άνετα.
Νorth face έχει πιο "στρογγυλεμένα "μοντέλα. Και σαν συνδυασμούς χρωμάτων και σαν γραμμή.