Compulsive Buying: Could You Be a Shopaholic in Denial?
Compulsive buying or oniomania (shopping addiction) may seem like an exaggerated or apologetic term for excusing something many of us consider a footnote in the catalogue of addictions.
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If you suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) is a technique you can use, both together with your therapist and as a self-help technique at home. Research shows that OCD is best treated by using a process that gradually makes it easier for you to deal with the things that make you anxious, and ERP has been shown to have great value in this respect.
Compulsive buying or oniomania (shopping addiction) may seem like an exaggerated or apologetic term for excusing something many of us consider a footnote in the catalogue of addictions.
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