Shopping addiction

Nowadays, we’re surrounded by advertising. Even if it’s supposed to be a resort to boost economy, it’s obvious that more and more people are becoming completely dependent on shopping. The way I see it, shopping can be actually an addiction.


To start with, any advertisement tries to convince us to buy a certain product by telling us it will make us feel happy, or better yet, that by buying it our life will change. It seems to me that these statements encourage many people to spend, even if they don’t need the things they buy. Consequently, they begin to overspend.


In my view, people that become addicted to shopping must have some kind of mental disorder which makes them believe that spending is the only way to cope with stress. Fortunately, I don’t have this problem.


Finally, I think overspending (due to shopping addiction) not only doesn't make sense if we buy things we'll never use, but it can also replace what really matters: our family and friends.

Dani Jiménez 2A

Shopping Addiction

  Today, shopping is extremely easy.  Pretty much everything is available online and is two clicks away from being sent to your house.  The problem with this is that it can create some addicting habits; and habits can be hard to break.

  I'm sure we've all purchased something online, whether we needed it or not, something that caught your interest.  Would you have done the same had you gone to the store?  A good way to prevent this is to not buy anything you didn't plan to.

  Advertisements, they are everywhere.  You can't watch TV without being bombarded, you can't browse the internet without obnoxious sidebars, there's billboards and even bus stops have them.  They are impossible to avoid, but not impossible to ignore.

  Shopping addiction is an understandable thing, especially in today's society but all you need to do is be conscious of what you're consuming and think about it for a little bit before making a decision.

Alejandro Carbajal 2n A

Shopping addiction

Shopping nowadays has become an activity where people often buy products without thinking about their utility and if they really need them or not.

First of all shopping has become an addiction as a consequence of advertisements that encourage people to buy products which they may not need or perhaps they’ve already got and don’t remember, causing unnecessary expense and an accumulation of useless products at home. Although people should try and buy less, if they stopped buying products, a lot of shops would close and the economy would go down and everything would be worse. In my case, I haven’t got this problem as I prefer to save and keep my money until I grow up and really need it.

In conclusion, those shoppers who have this addiction should try and reduce the unnecessary expense, and buy just what they really need and try not to be influenced by the shops and their advertisements.

Alex Vidal Hiscock 2nBatx.B