The dependence on luxury purchases is a growing problem with high net assets

A growing class of ultra-well-hazard people will fall victim to a form of addiction. From less than 800 in 2009 to almost 2,800 last year, an increasing number appears on Paracelsus Recovery – the most expensive addiction and psychiatric clinic in the world – with what the founder and CEO Jan Gerber calls “opulomania”.

He describes the super -rich, often very young clients who appear in his clinic as depressed, burned out and try to numb intensive emotional pain with constant extravagant purchases that range from exaggerated trips to massive purchases to increasingly sophisticated cosmetic processes, reports reportedly The Just.

Where some illegal or prescription drugs use to get this dopamine hit, these customers spend. “Dopamine is not about pleasure, it is about chase. The first purchase is excited, but it is a hedonic treadmill from decreasing returns. You have to buy more and more just to feel the same way,” he explained to that Just. “This cycle is classic addiction.”

While Paracelsus Recovery has managed customers of all ages who suffered from Opulomania, Gerber realizes that he often sees it among the younger generations, including those who were born to an extreme wealth, who have to fight with neglect and low self -worth, and entrepreneurs who achieve an informative wealth in the 20s and 30s and 30s and 30s.

Similar to eating disorders in which those who suffer from dangerous behavior, seek praise when it comes to being thin, is often classified as a sign of success if you work for more and more extravagant purchases.

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“[People] Admire them and encourage them to continue, even if the damage to mental health can be just as dangerous [as heroin]“, Explained Gerber. He says that Paracelsus Recovery has experienced“ hundreds ”of billionaire drug addicts and alcoholics, treated license fees, film stars, sports legends, CEOs and heads of state.

As with drug abuse disorders, compulsive purchases (or onioman) is an addiction, with Seeks.

But where affected billionaires are largely isolated from any consequences, if they make compulsive luxury credit, normal people who deal with shopping dependence can only be used to remain over water with maximum credit cards that cannot pay for their bills or are able to save themselves.

Some even escalate in such a way that they commit crimes to promote their dependencies. Loading theft, theft of money, forging or deliberate checks are signs of a dangerous addiction, according to the Cleveland clinic.

For those who have taken care of their shopping habits-and are unable to preserve the law on rehab for restoration in rehabilitation in rehab in the restoration of paracels-the internationally recognized academic medical center recommends a number of steps to reduce access to shops, deconate with new, healthy alternatives Sample of addiction to use.

The Cleveland Clinic also recommends working with a therapist and giving gerber's view that such compulsive behaviors can often manifest themselves as a way to escape negative emotions, or in response to the stress of change.