According to a HealthDay report published this week by IndyStar, a poll of 700 women “found that 79 percent said they’d go on a shopping spree to give themselves an emotional boost.” The survey author, Karen Pine, refers to it as “compensatory consumption,” and says, “it serves as a way of regulating intense emotions.” The… Read More: ‘Retail Therapy’ for Emotional Boost? »
Emotions Anonymous (EA) is a twelve-step organization (similar to Alcoholics Anonymous) that helps people who are experiencing problems or difficulties involving depression, anger, broken or strained relationships, grief, anxiety, low self-esteem, panic, abnormal fears, resentment, jealousy, guilt, despair, fatigue, tension, boredom, loneliness, withdrawal, obsessive and negative thinking, worry, compulsive behavior and other emotional issues. The… Read More: Emotions Anonymous (EA) »