https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 07 May 2026 20:56:22 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716754 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 03:14:31 +0000 Mama Susie 716754@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh no never. When I'm down I'd rather lose myself in reading blogs or magazines. Sometimes I run but that's only if I'm pissed off. Otherwise if I'm really sad/down I just mope around the house. Shopping only ever happens when I'm in a good mood because otherwise I just end up hot and irritated. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716702 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 02:24:14 +0000 Debbie 716702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I tend to wonder around the store aimlessly when I'm down. According to my husband I also tend to spend more money on my children when I am down. Which works out well for them. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716637 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:08:44 +0000 Jaime 716637@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I internet shop when I am anxious. So, let's say, I have a house full of insane in-laws, I might just happen to order a pair of leopard slipper shoes that conveniently arrive the day after they finally leave. Thank you MyHabit for reasonable international shipping! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716594 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 00:33:13 +0000 velvetychocolate 716594@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In general - I shop when I feel better about myself. Shopping when I feel blue isn't a good strategy for me. I am simply not in the mood to shop when I'm not feeling great about 'me' - hard to explain, but I *avoid* shopping at all costs when I'm unhappy. Shopping when I feel blue actually makes me feel worse. Strange, but true!</p> <p>That said, I do notice a tendency to shop when stressed/pressured - like the typical rushing around to find the perfect cocktail dress or what have you, on the eve of such event. Agghhh...hate that!</p> <p>I also tend to shop right before a big trip - suddenly, I don't have what I need for these "events" somehow. I just did this very recently - rushed over to Park City outlets (first time there) because I had two trips coming up and didn't have what I felt were the 'right' things. </p> <p>It would be nice if I could avoid these last-minute, stress-induced shopping trips. In the past, I've made a lot of mistakes this way. This last time - I didn't do so badly, and that's because I've made a vow to myself to stop shopping the discount stores and shop at stores that have things that I actually like, instead of "deals, deals, deals." Now granted, I went to an outlet mall, and got stuff on sale (over Labour Day weekend), but ...I made the effort to shop at stores that had things I like, and tried to be a bit more picky about things. I still have a few things to return, but it's getting much better.</p> <p>To keep 'on topic' - I find that shopping when I'm feeling blue makes me feel bad - and if I'm already feeling bad, and in some kind of funk - this will translate right into/onto my shopping experience - there are clouds over my head and nothing looks right or feels right when I'm in a mood like that. I am much better off buying some fresh flowers, some really good coffee, and some seriously good dark chocolate instead of trying to buy clothes or accessories. </p> <p>Retailers: take note! I'm willing to bet that if a retail store handed out a square of dark chocolate to customers entering the store - the overall mood would improve dramatically. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716569 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 23:58:35 +0000 JR 716569@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't shop when tired. Nothing appeals to me then. I just want to run home.</p> <p>Depressed? Well, it did happen once lately. I think they were reasonable purchases and all at deep discount, so it worked out pretty well. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716557 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 23:47:41 +0000 Jjsloane 716557@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm. I'm generally more depressed when I have money troubles so I avoid shopping as it would only make the mood worse. On the odd occasion I might think shopping will help (since it is one of my top 5 things to do for enjoyment) but it can go so wrong if I find nothing so it's a slippery slope. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716554 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 23:45:58 +0000 Anonymous 716554@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, I shop, but I come home even more miserable. I hate by boobs, my bum ,my body...shopping while depressed has never been good for me, in person. I may pull the online trigger and then return it at my leisure but in person has never, ever worked </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716540 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 23:28:16 +0000 jen 716540@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Never! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716449 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:00:30 +0000 Transcona Shannon 716449@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to - like retail therapy - but found that was when I made the most purchasing mistakes so have since stopped. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716440 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:34:12 +0000 Laurinda 716440@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Pil, I shop when I am feeling confident, not so much when I am not. I started tracking my purchases over a year, and found a definite uptick as Spring approaches, around March or so. Maybe I like spring colors better, or maybe I have a touch of Seasonal Affective Disorder?!? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716436 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:28:42 +0000 lyn* 716436@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>When I'm clinically depressed, I don't shop - in fact, I start wearing pants. Whenever I start to feel that I should "just throw on a top with dark pants" I book an appointment with my dear shrink </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716432 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:25:35 +0000 jayne 716432@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I shop, as in "I go looking", when feeling down and depressed. But actually I rarely buy anything. But it makes me feel better to have looked. And later, if an item returns to my mind, after one of these browses, I go back and might buy it. It is amazing how many things I love the minute I see it, manage to walk away, and cannot remember at all later. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716415 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:18:15 +0000 Thistle 716415@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No. I don't like shopping though! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716412 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 18:10:20 +0000 fern 716412@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm with Queen Mum, but with wardrobe. If I can't control anything else in my life, at least I can control my wardrobe.<br /> That's how I ended up here, actually. When I was (clinically) depressed, I realized that getting out of bed might be a just little easier if I had clothes I wanted to put on, and thus my wardrobe renewal began.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716379 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 17:05:47 +0000 rae 716379@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wouldn't say I *shop* when low or depressed... I kind of hate everything and everyone at that point. </p> <p>But if I'm depressed I might be more apt to click open my Amazon wish list and pull the trigger for no other reason than to tell myself I deserve it. :T</p> <p>Thankfully, I don't end up with too many duds that way. Strangely, I end up returning more often if I shop when happy and upbeat... I guess that optimism makes me think everything will work, even if it really won't, lol. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716364 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:47:44 +0000 Mo 716364@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No, I do it when I have too much time on my hands and I'm bored. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716361 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:44:38 +0000 Ana 716361@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Not when I'm down so much as when I'm procrastinating. I usually end up buying something small ($20 or less), like lipstick or something that is on super sale. Sometimes it works out, sometimes not. </p> <p>: ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716360 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:42:24 +0000 ironkurtin 716360@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hm, QM, that actually sounds constructive! I will have to remember that! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716358 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:40:47 +0000 Queen Mum 716358@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>not necessarily for clothing, but I found myself redecorating a bathroom a few weeks ago after a particularly stressful and emotional week and gosh, that was therapeudic! I remember walking through Target loading my cart with towels and shower curtains and feeling better and better with each item I tossed in the cart I think for me it was something I could take charge of and control amidst circumstances around me that I had no control over.<br /> But I'm not sure I can think rationally about clothing purchases when I'm emotional. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716347 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:29:52 +0000 Kim 716347@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm the same as Kristin. I'll go, (it's my "get out of the house time") but I won't like anything...LOL That's probably good for the pocketbook at least! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716345 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:27:04 +0000 Kristin L 716345@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sometimes I go out, but I usually don't buy anything. I can walk into the fitting room with a bunch of things to try on, but I won't feel like anything looks good on me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716343 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:26:00 +0000 pil 716343@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No, because it only makes me feel worse by reminding me that I'm bigger than I want to be. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716341 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:24:52 +0000 merwoman 716341@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No. I don't like how anything looks when I'm feeling blue - and I just have all this negative energy that should not be shared in public. My get out of the blues activity is to do something physical - or chat with a dear friend. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716336 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:23:02 +0000 Clarissa 716336@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes. Sometimes I wear them, sometimes not. If I am happy to begin with or depressed to begin with, clothes always make me happier! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716335 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:20:59 +0000 Anonymous 716335@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes. Yes. Yes. </p> <p>I ALWAYS come home with a lipstick. I have a drawer full of unused lipstick. </p> <p>Clothing. Yes to that too. I think most of the garments I buy while depressed get returned or goodwilled. They are things that caught my eye but never fit into a the plan. They were all impulse buys and my impulse is always wrong. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716329 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:14:42 +0000 annagybe 716329@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Uh, yes. I tend to buy things that make look and feel fabulous even when I'm not feeling it. I'm also easily swayed at that point by salesperson suggestions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-shop-when-low-or-depressed#post-716325 Sun, 09 Sep 2012 16:12:13 +0000 ironkurtin 716325@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If so, what do you buy? Does the item ever work out? </p>