{"id":818,"date":"2009-01-02T22:28:59","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T21:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neuropoolwp-com.beast-hosting.com\/2009\/01\/02\/kaufsucht-wie-kann-man-sich-selbst-helfen\/"},"modified":"2009-01-02T22:28:59","modified_gmt":"2009-01-02T21:28:59","slug":"kaufsucht-wie-kann-man-sich-selbst-helfen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/reports\/self-help\/kaufsucht-wie-kann-man-sich-selbst-helfen.html","title":{"rendered":"Shopping addiction, how to help yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-817\" src=\"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/kaufsucht.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Woman with shopping bags\" title=\"Woman with shopping bags\" hspace=\"20\" vspace=\"20\" align=\"left\" width=\"234\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/kaufsucht.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/kaufsucht-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><br \/>There are people who are constantly under pressure to buy something, even if they don't need it afterwards. The impulse to buy is stronger than their own will, they are under enormous pressure. <br \/>These people suffer from shopping addiction. Shopping addiction can not only lead to financial ruin, but also to crime if the person concerned runs out of money and starts stealing. <br \/>Shopping addiction is underestimated as an illness and is not medically recognised as such. <\/p>\n<p>Here are a few tips on what shopaholics or those at risk of shopaholism can do themselves to get their addictive behaviour under control.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Always pay in cash. Avoid using credit cards. Return them to the bank if necessary.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Only take as much cash with you as you need for your purchases that day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Write strict shopping lists and only buy what is on the list.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0If you like something that is not on your shopping list, sleep on the decision first. Take a day to think about it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Organise your shopping clearly. It's better to make several small purchases than large ones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Never buy online or via television. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Avoid buying catalogues. Throw all catalogues or advertising brochures into the waste bin without looking at them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Go shopping at quieter times, preferably not during the sales or in the run-up to Christmas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Never buy anything under pressure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Avoid impulse purchases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Create a book in which you enter all your expenses down to the cent. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Check your bank statements carefully.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0As long as you still have debts to pay off, only buy what you need to live, no more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Never go shopping when you're frustrated. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Don't go to the supermarket hungry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0If necessary, take a \"supervisor\" with you when you go shopping, who will rap your knuckles if you get weak. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Es gibt Menschen, die permanent unter dem Zwang stehen, etwas zu kaufen, selbst wenn sie es hinterher gar nicht gebrauchen. Der Impuls zu kaufen ist st\u00e4rker als der eigene Wille, sie stehen unter enormem Druck. Diese Menschen leiden unter Kaufsucht. Kaufsucht kann nicht nur zu finanziellem Ruin f\u00fchren, sondern auch zu Kriminalit\u00e4t, wenn dem Betroffenen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_thumbnail_id":["817"],"_fgj2wp_old_id":["377"],"rank_math_focus_keyword":["kaufsucht, wie kann man sich selbst helfen"],"rank_math_analytic_object_id":["3110"],"_trp_automatically_translated_slug_en_GB":["shopping-search-how-can-you-help-yourself"],"rank_math_internal_links_processed":["1"]},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-selbsthilfe","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neuropool.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}