Is Your Spending a Symptom?

In general, at no other time of the year is our spending as great as during holiday times. We also know that people, in the winter months in certain geographic areas, experience more mood-related disorders such as Seasonal Affective Disorder. These mood disorders contain symptoms such as sadness, impaired sleep and appetite routines, isolating and thoughts of self harm. To complicate the stress of the season, we often experience other external family and financial stressors this time of year as well. The manner in which some people cope with these biochemical and environmental stressors can involve over-shopping and consequently, over-spending.

Pathological spending can be difficult to diagnose this time of the year due to our tendency to purchase materials in a gift-giving mode anyway. It is possible that increased seasonal depression and holiday buying are linked in an unhealthy manner. Find out more about compulsive spending at Compulsive Spending Carries Heavy Price or Contact Us for a more personal screening.