“Buying it converts a bad feeling into a good one — and I've earned the conversion.” The purchase is never about the object; it's anesthesia with a receipt.
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The Science of Retail Therapy: Why Shopping Feels Like a Fix — and Why It Usually Isn't
3 scripts this research explains — "A little retail therapy" is one of those phrases that sounds like self-care and lands as self-sabotage. Consumer psycho