Places The Influence of Society toward CBD
shopaholic till become CDB sufferer because she is a woman who comes from an ordinary family that lives in a place surrounded by the upper-class people.
Suze knows almost every brand that Rebecca shares to her. She looks happy with everything that makes Rebecca feel happy. The same as Rebecca, Suze
usually will do shopping when she feels bored. The mood increases when Rebecca and Suze do shopping together. In the characteristic of CBD, which is
called as Tolerance, the increasing of mood happens because of the increasing amounts of behavior. The increasing amounts of shopping behavior usually affect
her mood. I almost feel faint as I stare at the sign. It’s as though lightning has struck, or
something. Why on earth haven’t I thought of this before? It’s pure genius. I’ll get a Saturday job I’ll work in a clothes shop That way, I’ll make loads
of extra money and I’ll get a discount on all the clothes And let’s face it, working in a shop has got to be more fun than becoming a fund manager,
hasn’t it? I can choose all my own clothes as I help the customers. I’ll actually be getting paid to go shopping Kinsella, 2005: 85
“So what are you going to wear?” says Suze, looking in through my open bedroom door. “Are you going to buy something new?” Her face lights up.
“Hey, shall we go shopping?” “Shopping?” I say distractedly. “Ahm … maybe.” Somehow today … Oh, I don’t know. I almost feel too tense to go
shopping. Too keyed up. I don’t think I’d be able to give it my full attention. “Bex, did you hear me?” says Suze in surprise. “I said, shall we go
shopping?” Kinsella, 2005: 223 The characteristic as a shopaholic makes Rebecca really love shopping.
Having a best friend like Suze becomes the greatest blessing in her life. She usually feels that shopping will increase her mood. In this case, Suze’s
characteristic looks similar to Rebecca’s. They really love fashion. This is why Rebecca feels happy with Suze.
Rebecca has an ex-boyfriend named Tom. Talking about her love life, Tom really loved her when they were young but Rebecca did not. She did not want him
to be her boyfriend. But then, several years later, she feels regret of her refusal. She meets Tom with his new life. Tom looks like a successful man with his
girlfriend beside him. The thing that makes Rebecca feel regrets is that Tom pays everything that his girlfriend buys in the branded shop.
But even so... I have to admit, I feel a bit low. Why haven’t I got a boyfriend? There is not even anyone I fancy at the moment Kinsella, 2005:
99. After see that moment, Rebecca feels jealous about why she cannot be like
Tom’s girl who has a boyfriend or at least becomes a girl whose boyfriend is the one who pays. Rebecca needs to cover her feeling to be better. She decides to buy
a cappuccino, brownie, and a couple magazine. It is the same to the characteristic of Tolerance that she needs to engage with her behavior to increase her mood. She
usually spends her money to buy something. Those things will make her feelings better.
Another love story in Rebecca’s life is Tarquin, Suze’s cousin. The same as Suze, Tarquin comes from the upper-class. According to Harper’s and Queen
Magazine, he is one of the richest bachelor in Britain. In the Rebecca’s self-talk, she thinks that she has to be Tarquin’s wife to make her financial problem clear.
She always gives more attention to her appearance in order to catch Tarquin’s attention.
I think I’m going to pass out, if I can ever ungrip my hand from this page. I’m staring at the fifteenth richest bachelor in Britain—and I know him. Not
only do I know him, I’m having dinner with him tomorrow night. OH. MY. GOD. I’m going to be a millionaires. A multimillionaires. I knew it. Didn’t I
know it? I knew it. Tarquin’s going to fall in love with me and ask me to marry him and we’ll get married in a gorgeous Scottish castle just like in
Four Weddings except with nobody dying on us Kinsella, 2005: 139. Thus, it makes Rebecca have a lot of imaginations. She imagines that she
becomes millionaires after marrying Tarquin. She also imagines that after becoming millionaires, her life will be perfect, especially in spending money
because doing shopping already becoming the benchmark of her happiness. This characteristic is shown by a CBD sufferer. In the classification of behavioral
addiction, in terms of CBD, it is called as Tolerance. According to the Behavioral Addiction by Rosenberg and Feder 2014: 65, Tolerance is a situation in which
certain behaviors become the benchmark of mood effect. It will decrease the mood of the sufferer if they cannot engage with their wants. Rebecca’s
characteristic as a shopaholic can be seen as a Tolerance in the classification of behavioral addiction CBD. Rebecca’s desire to do shopping is bigger than
anything else. This is the reason why she looks very happy. There is a moment when Rebecca feels so bored with her job. She feels that
she need to do some shopping activities. In this case, the other characteristic of behavioral addiction that is called as Withdrawal Symptoms happens. Rebecca
will have unpleasant feeling when she cannot do shopping. It causes a physical effect, such as moody. She will feel alive when she can do shopping like what is
stated before. It is stated that she feels really happy when hearing the sound of cashier machine. Rebecca’s characteristic as a shopaholic can be seen as a
behavioral addiction in terms of CBD. It enhances Rebecca to be a CBD sufferer because as a shopaholic, Rebecca cannot control her desire to do shopping.