From emotional eating to emotional SHOPPING.

LOL

Omg..i just caught myself logging onto ebay armed with credit card in hand.

Seriously?

Did my problem just shift? xD

I used to emotional eat a long time ago, i stopped it though last year, with no relapses. I just dont emo-eat anymore.

I was feeling depressed today and in stead of reaching for that candybar, i reached for my credit card. O_O

And then i noticed....i've been doing this for the past week...

Hahaha, im still kind of shocked that i caught myself doing this. Dont know how much healthier it is though..than stuffing yourself out of emotions.

Has anyone else caught themselves doing this? Not necessarily turning over to emotional shopping, but maybe other things?

I just thought it was strange/funny and felt like sharing.

/logs off ebay with head hanging low

I have absolutely been doing this.  Last week, trying to get my daily 30 minute walk in, I decided the best place to do that would be the outlet mall near my new house!!

Luckily, money is very tight right now and I can't justify anything crazy, but the shopping impulse is definitely there. 

Same for me... 30 minute lunchtime walk at the local dept store is now quite costly.... This is the first time in my life that I can shop off the rack for regular sized clothes and I'm loving it! However, it certainly can be very expensive...  I've lost nine sizes over the past 18 months so "impulse shopping" might now be an issue... This is the only drawback to my weight loss (lost 178 lbs to date) that I've come across so I guess it isn't a very big deal for me.  Good luck with your shopping adventures! 

I don't understand - is there a problem with this??!!

Well I guess there really isn't!  <hehehe> 

I feel that my problem is the opposite, in college I shopped till I dropped with stress, happiness, sadness, nervousness, anything made me head to the mall with credit cards ready, then I had a debt issue. I believe that was when I started to rely more heavily on food to console me. Interesting. Every once in a while I convert my emotions into gym mode, those are the most productive times :)

My advice, find a new hobby to fill the void.

One thing that works really well for me:

Angry, angry music.

^_^

I listen to black metal.

Is that angry enough? xD

YES.

AWESOME.

Have you heard of Wolves in the Throne Room? What a great band. "The Cleansing" is my favourite song of theirs.

Yeah i have, havnt listen to much of the material though, though i like that subgenre. I've been listening to a lot of stuff like Nortt, Thy Light, Nyktalgia, Forgotten Tomb, etc.

Mostly depressive bm but i do lots of folky things too like Wolfchant, Eluveitie, Agalloch,  Isengard, etc.

And i've been in a serious Enslaved mood lately.

If you find yourself doing this too much, it is a disease called OCD.  Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and you need help to work this out.  See a trusted doctor. Otherwise, do nothing and get in deeper credit card debt, if you really can't afford it and then your next step is bankrupcy.  You make the decision.

When I'm emotional I clean everything. I turn out all the cupboards and shelves, disinfect the walls wash all the carpets and curtains. My partner jokes that if he stands still too long he will be vacumed and disinfected.

It's quite a useful habit, I think it's a physical cleansing that helps with the subconsious emotional sorting and cleansing

Original Post by alycia2279:

When I'm emotional I clean everything. I turn out all the cupboards and shelves, disinfect the walls wash all the carpets and curtains. My partner jokes that if he stands still too long he will be vacumed and disinfected.

It's quite a useful habit, I think it's a physical cleansing that helps with the subconsious emotional sorting and cleansing

That sounds really helpful actually, this house needs more than a good scrub down, not that that would prevent it from looking the exactly as dirty the next day.

Yay living with a dad with Aspergers syndome, social awkwardness and a disturbing degree of backwardness.