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When Shopping Becomes Emotional Self-Medication

I cannot stop buying things online late at night when I feel lonely and then I feel worse about myself and more lonely the next day.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The temporary relief sought through consumption creates the very emptiness it attempts to fill.

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