Oniomania is the inability to control one's desire to shop, or a compulsive shopping disorder. Although not formally recognized by the American psychiatric community as a disease, oniomania seems to have become nearly endemic in the country during the last 20 years. Easy credit, some say too ease, has allowed people to buy almost anything they want any time they want regardless of the relationship between the price tag and their income. For many, oniomania is nothing to laugh at, but that's just what Jerry Bruckheimer hopes you'll do when you head to the theaters starting February 13th to see his latest film: "Confessions of a Shopaholic."
Compulsive Shopping
The movie is based upon the book of the same name and its sequel "Shopaholic Takes Manhattan" by Sophie Kinsella. Although based around hapless oniomaniac Rebecca Bloomwood, played by Isla Fisher, trying to get her spending under control, it is essentially another romantic comedy movie to which unwilling men will be dragged by their significant others during the Valentine's Day weekend. Just be sure not to charge those movie tickets to your credit card balance is already suffering from your own compulsive shopping habits.
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