Compulsive spending uses consumption as emotional regulation—a temporary dopamine response to boredom, anxiety, or inadequacy that leaves psychological and financial damage after the purchase high fades. Breaking it requires addressing the underlying emotional need rather than willpower alone, which is why spending restrictions often fail without parallel work on what spending is actually masking.
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