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My doctor said i was "binding my anxiety" with my shopping addiction. what did she mean by this? what does binding anxiety mean?
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Binding anxiety: People have various ways to keep their anxiety at bay -- keeping it bound down, so to speak. We can do this through addictive behaviors or substances, for instance. Ask your doctor for a thorough explanation of her comments to you. She may be seeing something beneath your addictive shopping that's driving not only this, but other problems in your life as well.
Answered 10/1/2013
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