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Tanning Addictive Like Alcohol or Drugs?
I do indoor tanning about twice a week and I have been an indoor tanner for about 4 years. I am now 22. I know it’s bad for me but I like the way I look tanned and I find tanning relaxing and enjoyable. I don’t have the money to go to beach holidays but nobody gives people who go and lie on a beach a hard time so whats the difference? There are a lot of stories going on right now about people getting addicted to tanning. How do I know if I am one of them?
Read answer →Spending Addiction: Shopaholics Can Spend Until They Burn
I am not very happy with my life right now. I feel like most of my day is dealing with frustrations. I am a pretty anxious person and I have a hard time making friends or other close relationships. I guess I am just not feeling very good with my life. I also have serious financial problems because the only way I know how to make myself feel ok is to go out and buy something. I never go out and buy big things that might actually make me happy, like a new phone or a vacation or things like that I just go out and buy some worthless stuff that I don’t even need, all the time. Mostly I buy stuff that is consumable or disposable in some way. It’s not the stuff that makes me feel better, just the going to the store and spending some money that lifts my mood for a few minutes. I know it is crazy to act like I do and I am going to get evicted from my apartment unless I can stop wasting all my money buying worthless stuff. I tell myself I won’t do it again but it seems to be something I can’t stop myself from doing. Especially when ever I have some free time. It is OK when I am at work but when I am walking home after work or on lunch break I will always buy stuff, everyday. I am too embarrassed to tell my family about my financial problems. I do not know what to do. I think I have an addiction to spending money.
Read answer →Compulsive Nail Biting: Onychophagia
I have started chewing my fingernails again. It’s a habit I thought I had beaten as a 9 year old but in the last couple of months I have found myself back on the old habit and it just seems to be getting worse. I have an excellent job as a restaurant hostess and my personal appearance and grooming is very important, and having guests walk in the door to see me with my fingers in my mouth is not going to work at all. I have tried using the bad tasting nail polish stuff but it doesn’t work for me at all – It just doesn’t stop me. How can I beat this disgusting habit before it costs me my job?
Read answer →Kleptomania: Stealing which will steal from you
I steal stuff for no reason at all. Sometimes I’ll just be in some store and I’ll start feeling all tense and I’ll get this ridiculous urge to just take something and the urge is really strong. So I’ll pocket something that and I’ll walk out and I’ll feel kind of a high for a few minutes but then I’ll feel just so stupid for having done it again. Yesterday I was a drug store I go to all the time and they totally know me there and I was with my 4 year old son. I took a pair of 9$ sunglasses and stuck them on my hat, like I had been wearing them when I came in. Unfortunately, I set off the alarm when I went out. The owner is this very nice guy and I must have walked through the alarm system like 5 times while we tried to ‘figure out’ why it was going off. I was so scared and embarrassed but I was just trying to act like it was a mystery. They never clued into the sunglasses and eventually they just let it go, but I think they think I took something but since I am such a regular customer and a nice guy in their eyes, they just let it go. How do I learn to overcome these urges I have to steal? If I was arrested yesterday in front of my son I don’t know how I could have lived with myself ever again.
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