12 - Sunday, January 8, 1995 - Narth Shore News

STORIES

FOR 1995, resolve to cure the
shopaholic habit that’s sabo-
taging your wardrobe.

Are you a shopaholic?

Similar to any addiction, the first
step is being able to admit to it.
Confess if any of the following
experiences sound familiar.

@ You walk into a department store
to buy one small item and walk out
with two shopping bags full.

@ You've hidden new clothing from
your husband rather than having to
tell him how much you spent. _

@ You have a guilt attack as soon as
you return from a store, trying to
decide what to take back. -

Breaking the
shopaholic habit
Women often take home more

than new merchandise when they
shop.

ANN & ROBERT

To curb your spending habits
consider possible contributing fie-
tors, and then face reality,

West Vancouver psychotherapist

’at Kitchener helps to identify rea-
sons for bad habits and offers some
answers.

Kitchener states that your pur-
chases may be a substitute for an
vamet need.

“When you find yourself com-
pulsively shopping you should ask
yourself: *What am f compensating
for? What do { feel deprived of that I
am trying to buy?“

It could by anything from bore-
dom to a lack of sex.

She describes the problem in its
extreme as part of an obsessive-com-
pulsive behavior, which is only bad
if the habit preoccupies your time
and causes a problem in your life
whether il involves your spouse, a
depleted bank balance or a lower
self-esteem.

To combat the habit, Kitchener
suggests to look at the entire range
of emotions you experience before
you go shopping, while shopping
and afterwards.

You may feel “buyer’s remorse”
when returning home; you feel
guilty because you either can’t
afford it, don’t feel you deserve it or
you have indecision over whether
you bought the right item.

She stresses: “Never mind what
you are doing on the surface
(whether it’s shopping, overeating or
another habit), Instead, explore the
reasons for your actions, bringing
the unconscious into a conscious
level, to change your behavior.”

She says you are simply substi-
tuting one behavior for another. You

See Guilt page 13

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We wish, you and, your farntlyy W

New Year

With special thanks for their support and trust:

C. Bastone K. Hefzi

K. & J. Poucher

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