Economy drives people into shopping or Internet addiction: Doctors raise clear allegations
Created: 11/22/2022, 06:30
By: Juliane Gutmann
Shopping addiction, Internet addiction and other behavioral addictions can be treated.
Those affected are enormously triggered by advertising.
According to a Planet Knowledge
article , there are said to be 600,000 to 800,000 shopaholics in Germany
.
According to Techniker Krankenkasse
, 5.8 percent of all 12 to 17-year-olds are dependent on computer games or the Internet .
Addiction to shopping, Internet or gaming addiction: all behavioral addictions that can degenerate to such an extent that those affected can no longer pursue everyday things.
At worst, addicts lose their jobs, become isolated, and/or spend all of their life savings pursuing their addiction.
Behavioral addictions are even promoted by the economy, according to Markus Salinger, senior physician in the department of clinical addiction medicine in the Bayreuth district hospital.
In the Bayreuth media talks, he gave a lecture on the topic "Am I a slave to my mobile phone?
behavioral addictions.
Trend diagnosis or reality?”.
The possibility of online shopping increases the risk of falling into a shopping addiction.
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Advertising encourages compulsive shopping: "People become dependent, the economy rejoices"
Classic advertising in cinemas, on TV or in the form of posters always suggests the same thing: if you want to have a good life, you need this or that product.
Cosmetics, cars, lingerie, smartphones, clothing, jewelery and toys are to be sold.
Incentives to buy everywhere: This is a big problem, especially for those at risk of shopping addiction.
After all, they are encouraged to buy things – which, on the one hand, they usually do not need and, on the other hand, cannot afford.
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“Behavioural addictions also include, for example, addiction to shopping, workaholism and sports addiction.
People become dependent, the economy rejoices.
Because she mercilessly exploits this addiction in the background.
There are very clear mechanisms that are needed economically to bring people into dependency.
The dependent namely buys.
The next app, the next game, the next bargain,” says addiction doctor Markus Salinger in a blog post on the website of the
Bavarian State Center for New Media (blmplus.de)
.
