Beyond the Void: Philosophy & Psychology for the Modern Mind

The Psychology of Compulsive Shopping

19 min · 13 jul 2026
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You don’t have a spending problem. You have an emotional regulation strategy that’s misfiring. Compulsive buying isn’t about the object. It’s about dissociation, dopamine, identity construction, and unresolved scarcity wounds. In this video, we break down: • Why shopping feels like control • The neuroscience of “wanting” vs “liking” • How consumer culture exploits your dopamine system • The Fantasy Self you keep trying to purchase • Why boredom, loneliness, and stress trigger spending • How childhood scarcity rewires adult consumption • Practical psychological tools to stop the cycle ⏳ Timestamps 00:00 Intro 01:39 The Fantasy Self 03:23 The Dopamine Hunt 05:23 Shopping as Dissociation 07:01 The Scarcity Wound 08:51 Healing 12:25 Final Thoughts #psychology #compulsiveshopping #dopamine #consumerism #selfgrowth #mentalhealth #emotionalregulation #addictionrecovery #neuroscience #minimalism #selfawareness #identity #scarcitymindset #financialfreedom #personaldevelopment #shopping #shopaholic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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