Factors Causes Shopping Addiction Rebecca Bloomwood

3.5 Factors Causes Shopping Addiction

You may not be really aware that your online shopping addiction may be coming from some internal problems. Possible problems such as: 1. The need to be accepted 2. Emotional deprivation 3. To cover up loneliness and depression 4. To feel up the need of disappointment, anger or fear 5. To feel a sense of control The above problems are considered negative behavior brought about by online shopping addiction. You are into it for the wrong reasons. Understandably, you could have certain negative emotions in you such as anger, loneliness, fear and similar others. You also want to have a sense of control. Perhaps you have turned to online shopping to give you satisfaction and fill the needs of these negative emotions, but then these are just temporary. You would likely feel these emotions over and over again and in your mind the only solution is online shopping. This is not good and you must be able to realize that at the soonest possible time. Shopping addiction also have effect the somebody to make a shopping is a fugitive of the problems in a life and supporting to be a shopping addiction O Connor, 2005. Social condition, environment, characteristic, a pattern of communication in their family also have a related with shopping addiction.

3.6 The Effects Of Shopping Addiction

The Effects of Shopping Addiction 1. Financial losses 2. Guilt feelings 3. A Sense of Euphoria 4. Lying and Hiding things from the family 5. More Emotional distress 6. No social activity with family or friends Universitas Sumatera Utara The above effects are negative in most ways. Since you are not in control of your spending habits, you would use up all your credit cards and money sources to continually do it. Buying would make you feel happy, with a sense of euphoria; but later on it would be the onset of guilt feelings. You ll be missing out activities with family and friends. The mixed feelings you have in you would possibly lead to more emotional distress. You are emotionally drained on how to keep up with your finances and at the same time distressed on how to put a stop to your online shopping addiction.

3.6.1 Emotional Effects of Compulsive Shopping

The shopping and spending activity itself is associated with a feeling of happiness and power which is immediately gratifying. The after effects of remorse and guilt drive the spender back to purchase again to be able to achieve that brief but intense emotional high. Research has shown that many compulsive shoppers and spenders also suffer from mood disorders, substance abuse or eating disorders. As with any addiction, the person becomes dependent on the behavior to relieve negative feelings that cause them distress and discomfort.

3.6.2 Financial Effects of Compulsive Shopping

Financial problems may occur if money is borrowed or there is excessive use of credit to make purchases. Often the extent of the financial damage is discovered only after the shopper or spender has accumulated a large debt that necessitates a drastic change in lifestyle to resolve. Recovery groups such as Debtors Anonymous have formed to help compulsive shoppers and spenders return to normal, appropriate patterns of buying. From this analysis we know that shopping addiction make a negative consistences like have very much credits, and have a seriously financial problems, and in have an extrim shopping who is become addictive and broken their life. Universitas Sumatera Utara CHAPPTER IV FINDING AND ANALYSIS

4.1 Rebecca Bloomwood

Rebecca Bloomwood is young woman in London. She is a journalist in Successful Saving magazine, it is a financial magazine. She live with her bestfriend in apartment, her friend love her, they love each other like a sister. Rebecca Bloomwood have a nickname Becky or Bex. Her parents always call her Becky but her bestfriend call her with name Bex . Rebecca very like to shopping everything in all of popular brand and than she always wants and obsession to became a popular woman in London. It makes my eyes look bigger, it makes my haircut look more expensive, it makes me look like a different person. I ll be able to wear it with everything.people will refer to me as the Girl in the Denny and George Scarf Kinsella. Confessions of a Shopaholic. 2009: 15-16 She is a beautifull woman and humoris woman, she don t like so seriously. Rebecca Bloomwood looks confident if she wear the clothes from popular brand like Gucci, Celvin Clein, Armani, DK, Christian Dior, Denny and George and so on. She wants to be a class women in London. She is very like shopping and all about sale in brands shop. So she never control her shopping everyday, everymont, every year. In the window of Denny and George is a discreet sign. It s a dark green with cream lettering, and it says: SALE . Kinsella. Confessions of a Shopaholic. 2009: 14 The girl looks at the label. Reduced from £340 to £120. There is no question. I have to have this scarf. I have to have it Kinsella. Confessions of a Shopaholic. 2009: 15 Universitas Sumatera Utara She is always image a brand and she hope to becaming a trendy woman. I m really thingking about a gorgeous black top I saw in Joseph and wether I can afford the trousers as well Kinsella. Confessions of a Shopaholic. 2009: 19 She always panic if she can buy something tat she want, than make her like a crazy woman. What? I stare at the phone in horror. No, I can t pick up a boody report. I need to pick up my VISA card I need to secure my scarf. Kinsella. Confessions of a Shopaholic. 2009: 23 Oh God. I close my eyes and think quickly. An hour here. Rush back to the office, pick up my VISA card, back to Deny and George, get my scarf, rush to Westminster, pick up the report. Kinsella. Confessions of a Shopaholic. 2009: 23 I m too concerned about my scarft. What if I don t make it back in time? What if someone puts in a higher offer? The very thought makes me panic. Kinsella. Confessions of a Shopaholic. 2009: 23 Of course I ll pay cash for the scarf. No one can argue with cash. I can get £100 out on my cash card, so all I need is another £20, and the scarf is mine. Kinsella. Confessions of a Shopaholic. 2009: 24 Rebecca Bloomwood looks confident if she wear the clothes from popular brand like Gucci, Celvin Clein, Armani, DK, Christian Dior, Denny and George and so on. She wants to be a class women in London. Universitas Sumatera Utara She is becoming depression, worried, and panic it cause her shoping can,t be control. She spent a lot of money and spent her limit in her credit card. And than the bank sent a bill to her, the bank wants she paid OK. DON T PANIC. Don t panic. It s only a VISA bill. It s a piece of paper; a few numbers. I mean, just how scary can a few numbers be? Kinsella. Confessions of a Shopaholic. 2009: 1 Oh shit. My heart starts to thump. What did you say? Did you say I ve got glandular fever? Kinsella. Confessions of a Shopaholic. 2009: 39 You were supposed to say I was in bed with glandular fever and a broken leg Kinsella. Confessions of a Shopaholic. 2009: 39 I lie in bed starting up at the ceiling and, for the first time in months, calculate how much I owe to everybody. Te bank, VISA, my Harvey Nicholas card, my Debenhams card, my fenwicks card and now Suze, too. It s about .. lets think .. it s about £6,000 Kinsella. Confessions of a Shopaholic. 2009: 40 And than she becoming a lier woman, she always lie to people that she love, like; her mother, her friend, and the man who wacth her. Universitas Sumatera Utara

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

5.1 CONCLUSION

Based on the analysis described in chapter IV, the writer concludes that: In analyzing the main character of the novel, the writer uses the psychological approach. The main character of the novel is Rebecca Bloomwood who is a journalist and she is a nice women but she have a dream to be a glamour woman,