So Burdo, I have a bunch of emails from the listeners and I thought we'd read them and answer them. What do you say, Burdo?

Sounds fun.

This is the Psychology and Seattle Podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Kirk Honda, I'm a therapist and and a professor and one of my favorite things to do is to answer patron emails truly

My name is Umberto Cassaneer. I also love answering patron emails and I am an amateur cloud surfer.

This first email is from Patron Annie from England, she writes,

How do I manage my awful spending problem? I spend a lot of time and

money on a video game. My life centers around this game and has been giving me a real sense of accomplishment over the past two years.

But I've spent thousands on loot boxes.

I get such a compulsion to open these loot boxes and it's never enough. What should I do,

Berta? What should she do? Oh my gosh. Well, I do have a lot to say about spending compulsions.

I never, I guess, luckily landed into a video game spending loop.

I also didn't end up gambling, meaning, you know, like going to Vegas.

I've been to Vegas but never had a problem with gambling and stuff. My spending compulsions were around

clothing, buying clothing and buying expensive music equipment,

also about eating at restaurants, and paying for other people at bars and restaurants. I think that was the main way that in which I would spend...

Oh actually no, I would also buy books. I remember

going to Barnes and Noble and so I would have this thing and I finally stopped doing man. So I would an idea in my head. I'm like oh I've got it

I'm gonna become this thing you're like you know imagine someone that always has different jobs

Every week is a new job.

Like I want to do this, I want to do that.

Like just imagine that.

And so I would get an idea in my head

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