Compulsive shopping (sometimes called compulsive buying or shopping addiction) refers to a preoccupation with purchasing products and spending money. Compulsive shopping shares several characteristics ...

A growing number of people are unable to stop shopping, even while feeling worried or guilty about overspending. Experts advise that 'compulsive shopping' should be included as a medical disorder to ...

We've all seen that pair of heels, that genuine leather jacket, or that awesome power drill and thought I've just got to have that. Nearly everyone has been prone at least once in their lives to an ...

The only time I was ever aware of shopping compulsively was at the beginning of the pandemic, when everyone I knew was frantically stocking up on toilet paper, hand sanitizer and Clorox CLX cleanser.

Amy Mariaskin is a clinical psychologist and director of the Nashville OCD & Anxiety Treatment Center in Brentwood, Tennessee. While leaving the grocery store recently, my husband turned to me and ...

As I scrolled through various Instagram captions that mused on what quarantining would actually be like, I saw a photo of an amazing dress. It was lavender-hued, tiered and overlaid in a delicate lace ...

We're more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic that has kept most Americans homebound over the past dozen or so months – and often in our sweatpants (or athleisure in my case). And after that long ...