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New study proves online shopping is a real addiction

‘Tis the season for it! - by Laura Barry
  • 18 Nov 2019

While some of us may joke about our online shopping habits, it seems that the repercussions of an obsessive love with click to buy websites has real consequences.

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Although online shopping is a convenient way to have clothes, Christmas gifts and food delivered to your door, it seems that online shopping addictions are now a very real thing.

A new study that was published in the Comprehensive Psychiatry journal in October recommended that online shopping addiction should be officially recognised as a mental disorder.

After analysing data collected in 2016, the study found that buying-shopping disorder apparently affected 5% of the population, but is yet to be categorised as an official disorder. The study also found that women were the most likely demographic to suffer from the disorder.  The researchers hypothesise that the ease and anonymity of online shopping is making it easier for these people to feed their addictions.

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The study suggests that:

“Buying-shopping disorder (BSD) is characterized by extreme preoccupations with and craving for buying/shopping and by irresistible and identity-seeking urges to possess consumer goods. Patients with BSD buy more consumer goods than they can afford, and those are neither needed nor frequently used. The excessive purchasing is primarily used to regulate emotions, e.g. to get pleasure, relief from negative feelings, or coping with self-discrepancy.”

The study provides an interesting insight into the way the digital world can affect our lives without us even knowing it!

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Laura Barry is a writer, bookworm and interior design enthusiast with a love for reporting on all things homes, travel and lifestyle. When not tapping away at her keyboard, Laura can be found making endless cups of tea or perusing the shelves of Sydney’s many bookstores.

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