Be it Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal, or any online shopping website these days, customers are giving big discounts to attract them. There are good offers on these websites not only in the festive season but also in the off season. This is the reason why a large number of people are now preferring online shopping. Some people do occasional online shopping. At the same time, the number of people for whom shopping online has become a habit and an addiction. According to experts, this addiction to online shopping is a kind of mental illness.
You will not believe that but a large number of people also come for treatment to get rid of this online shopping addiction. When 122 such people were examined, it was found that 34 percent of these patients had an excess of online shopping, due to which they were also showing signs of anxiety or depression. According to researchers at the Hannover Medical School in Germany, the time has come when a separate shopping disorder, or BSD, can be classified separately. Also, considering it as a separate mental health condition, more information should be gathered about it.
According to a study published in the journal BSD Comprehensive Psychiatry , 1 in 20 people, about 5 percent of the people in developed countries have such a disease as a shopping shopping disorder. Worldwide, 1 in every 20 people is affected by it. 1 out of every 3 people has been addicted to online shopping. According to researchers, a person suffering from BSD begins to have a strong desire to go shopping. A person suffering from this disease starts purchasing more than he can afford. Due to this, a person is strapped, problems start in the family and unnecessary things also get collected in the house.
Health experts need more research
Researchers hope that this research and its results will encourage mental health experts and they will gather more information about this condition of BSD. However, the World Health Organization WHO has not currently placed shopping in the Mental Health Condition, while video game addiction and gambling have been kept for gambling.
