Are you one of the 17 million people who have never met an item you didn’t want to buy?

你是不是看到什麼東西都想買的一千七百萬廣大群眾之一？

You might be a shopaholic.

你可能也是購物狂的一員。

You will need self-evaluation and honesty.

你必須對自己誠實，並進行自我評估。

Step 1. Evaluate why you shop.

第一步：評估自己購物的原因。

Valid reasons: you need food or clothes.

好理由：你需要食物或是衣物。

Bad reasons: you’re bored, stressed, depressed, or just got your paycheck.

壞理由：你覺得無聊、壓力大、抑鬱或單純只是剛拿到薪水。

Step 2. Think about how shopping makes you feel.

第二步：想想購物帶給你什麼樣的感受。

If buying something new gives you an incredible rush followed by horrible guilt, you might have a problem.

如果你在買東西時內心感受到了無與倫比的衝動，在下手之後卻又感受到嚴重的愧疚感，那你可能要檢查一下了。

Step 3. Look around your home.

第三步：觀察家裡周遭。

Are most of the items in it things you needed, or stuff you wanted?

你所擁有的物品都是些必需品，還是只是你想要所以購買的東西？

Step 4. Check out your closets.

第四步：檢查你的衣櫃。

A shopaholic’s wardrobe is filled with clothes that still have their tags and shoes that have never seen the light of day.

購物狂的衣櫃會塞滿了連吊牌都還沒剪掉，購買了之後便再也不見天日的衣服和鞋子。

If you’re on a first-name basis with all the UPS guys, or can name every pitch person on the Shopping Network, you may have some spending issues.

如果你和宅急便的外送員已經混熟到能用名字互相稱呼，或是能夠說出購物網站上每一個推銷員的名字，那代表你可能有些開銷上的問題了。

Step 5. Examine your conscience.

第五步：審視你的良知。

Do you find yourself trying to justify purchases to yourself and others?

你是否有過嘗試想向自己或他人證明自己購物的合理性？

Do you ever hide packages?

你是否有把包裹藏起來過？

Lie about how much you’ve spent?

或是在你實際花了多少上說謊？

Have you ever snuck a new garment into the house in a dry cleaner bag to conceal you’d bought something new?

你有沒有過把新買的衣物塞進乾洗店的袋子裡然後「偷渡」進家裡，藉此掩蓋買了新東西的事實？

Step 6. Assess your willpower.

第六步：評估你的意志力。

Shopaholics find themselves unable to resist buying things, even when they know their credit cards are maxed out.

購物狂會很難抵抗買東西的慾望，就算他們明白自己早已超出信用額度也一樣。

Step 7. Get help if you failed our little test.

第七步：如果你沒有在以上的小測驗中及格，就去尋求幫助吧。

Cut up the credit cards, find fun ways to fill your time that don’t involve buying anything, join Debtors Anonymous, or get therapy to discover the deeper issues behind your compulsive spending.

剪掉信用卡、找些不需要多買東西也能消磨時間的有趣方式、參加匿名債務人團體聚會，或是接受心理治療來找出潛藏在自己強迫性消費行為背後，更深層的問題。

Did you know Marie Antoinette, Mary Todd Lincoln, Jackie Kennedy, and Princess Diana are all believed to have been shopaholics?

你知道瑪麗·安東妮皇后、瑪麗·陶德·林肯、賈桂琳·甘迺迪和黛安娜王妃都被認為是購物狂嗎？