Retail Therapy's Downside: How to Resist Comfort Buys When You're Depressed

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Get your Hipster Witch on at</span> <a href= "http://www.teespring.com/stores/angus-eye-tea"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.teespring.com/stores/angus-eye-tea</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Time Stamps:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">00:00 This is a great time to check your mail so you can clip coupons while listening to this episode.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">00:50 Explaining emotional spending and how depression can make it worse. Yay!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">01:48 An ironic plug for my new line of Hipster Witch shirts! I’ve had my own Hipster Witch t-shirt for ages and people kept asking me where I got it, so I decided to just make it public and let the masses have at it. You can find that #swag at</span> <a href= "http://www.teespring.com/stores/angus-eye-tea"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">www.teespring.com/stores/angus-eye-tea</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">04:04 Money has always felt like a quick fix, especially when it comes to eating out. Depression can cloud my memory and warp time so I tend to forget that I’ve already made smaller purchases earlier in the week. Thus creates a parade of surprise packages showing up on my stoop every two to three days.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">07:01 I was quite depressed in 2017-2018 and once, in the span of about two months, I spent $2,000. This does</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">not</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">include rent, bills, necessities, etc. I thought new items would change my day-to-day life and thus change how I felt (which at the time was shitty).</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">10:22 The tale of my spontaneous trip to Japan in 2017. At the time, I was at peak Depressed Elaine: My apartment had no water, I had a dog who wasn’t potty trained, and I frequently ate blocks of cheese f