Im worried my mom is a shopaholic. She's very defensive when I try to talk about her spending problem. What should I do?
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Posted by Rolle2323 Apr 28th, 2011 at 8:45PM
Ewww....touchy subject. Shopaholism may be a symptom of mild bi-polar depression. Ultimately, your mother is an adult and you don't have control over her....but you can do a family intervention. I don't know if you have heard of them...but that is where the entire family meets, and lets the person know that they have a problem, and that they are all really worried, and that they all think the person needs to address the problem. If your mother is really defensive, you might ask a professional therapist to attend the intervention. Sometimes people really need help, and there is just no other way to reach out to help them.
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Posted by mintgreen Apr 28th, 2011 at 8:42PM
keep talking to her about it until she realizes it. ask an older person, an aunt maybe to talk to her. google an article about the problem and print it out show her the probable consequences of her actions like hoarding etc. goodluck.
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