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A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

The High of the Buy (aka Shopping Addiction)

A Thousand Natural Shocks With Gabe S. Dunn

Gabe Dunn | Diamond MPrint Productions

History, Education, News, Self-improvement, Personal Journals, News Commentary, Society & Culture

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Gaby talks to a compulsive buyer to understand the real motivations for over-shopping. April Benson, one of the leading psychologists who helps compulsive buyers, introduces us to the emotional and psychological reasons for shopping. And to get a personal look at it, Avis Cardella, author of "Spent: Memoirs of a Shopping Addict," talks about her own experience and motivation for compulsive buying. Finally, because our culture seems so addicted to shopping, Lan Nguyen Chaplin gives us some insight into where that comes from: spoiler alert, we learn it as children. TW: One of the guests in this episode refers to "the two genders."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

You got problems that you either concerned with, blah, you don't know how you're supposed to earn it or what to do with it or how to keep it.

0:08.0

You're a freak with a dark shame, full secret, but you're not the only one who keeps your illicit fine natural fears with a blessed son.

0:16.0

Now your healing has begun, it's bad with wanting with Gabby.

0:22.0

Done.

0:23.0

Hey everyone, it's me, Gabby done.

0:26.0

Trying as usual not to be bad with money.

0:29.0

Also you should know it's Gabby done because there was just a whole theme song that played.

0:33.0

Unless you miss the part where it says my name in the theme song.

0:37.0

That's right, it says my name in the theme song.

0:40.0

I'm important, no.

0:49.0

It's really hard to be good with money.

0:52.0

I have had this show for three years and I am still terrible, terrible with money because we live in a society that clearly wants me to spend lots and lots of it.

1:03.0

The average person reportedly sees about 4,000 advertisements every day.

1:10.0

So how am I supposed to be good with money with all of that going on?

1:14.0

An advertiser's aren't the only ones telling us to spend.

1:17.0

The news tells us over and over that the health of our economy depends on, that's right, consume or spending.

1:23.0

It is basically our civic duty to buy lots and lots of things, whether we need those things or not.

1:29.0

So with all these voices imploring us to spend money, it can feel like we're culturally addicted to shopping.

1:35.0

But for some people this addiction is a very real clinical condition.

1:39.0

In fact, 6% of the US population are what experts call compulsive buyers, which is the official term for shopping addiction.

1:46.0

And even though most of us don't fall into that camp, we're all impacted by a culture that enables it.

1:50.0

For example, we're told that we'll be happier or sexier or trendier if we buy certain things.

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