Compulsive Shopping

Here at Shmoop, a lot of us suffer from a compulsion called Witzelsucht disorder, which makes people want to constantly tell jokes, mostly due to right frontal lobe damage.

Well, imagine that level of compulsion, but with shopping.

The end result: Spending too much dough on too much crap.

According to the American Journal of Psychiatry, 5.8% of Americans will suffer from Compulsive Buying Disorder in their lifetime. It’s a serious compulsion, but Americans look at the disability in a light-hearted manner thanks to Hollywood.