Comments on: I Was an Emotional Shopper

By: Wes

Wes — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:48:07 +0000

It may be late to be posting on this one, but for those who find themselves doing useless things when they’re down…I have a suggestion. Volunteer, just once a month, to do something like deliver meals to shut-ins, something like that. Or to read to people, like hospitalized vets or at a home. Just a tiny commitment, but man… changes your worldview faster than anything else you could do. You ARE in the best part of your life, you just don’t appreciate it. Give your life some context and the greatness you have will naturally become apparent.

The world is not full of stuff. It is full of people.

Oh, and get a little more sunlight too. That’ll boost your outlook as well.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:28:50 +0000

db – I think you have a good point that it still lurks under the surface. I think being aware of what we are likely to do helps to keep it at bay.

By: db

db — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:28:57 +0000

I am still an emotional shopper. I 99% control it, but it still lurks under the surface. I’ve come a long way, but don’t know if I’ll ever be completely free of the impulse to spend foolishly.

By: Agloco_Little_Guy

Agloco_Little_Guy — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:11:05 +0000

I too was once an emotional shopper and like you I bought the strangest and usually cheapest things. It all started my first year of college, my first credit card. I found myself very sad and lonely and some how felt as though the accumulation of “stuff” would make me feel better. I once bought a tackle box and filled it with every fishing accessory ever known to man. Did I plan on going fishing? No, that dang box sat in the trunk of my car until my dad sold the car for scrap. He gave the box to the guy that came to pick up the car.
Although I no longer use credit cards, I still find myself aimlessly filling the cart at Wal-mart on days Im feeling down. I guess to some the accumulation of needless “stuff” is the closest thing to being able to buy happiness.

By: ~~Melissa

~~Melissa — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:23:57 +0000

I’ve long suspected that almost all shoppping is emotional. I mean, who among us really needs even a fraction of the stuff we own?

Over-shopping, overeating,…it’s all the same: taking on more than we need and ultimately, in the process, giving up control over things we dearly wish and need to be able to control (our wallets, our bodies…).

Best wishes to you. You’re doing great.