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People can be addicted to different things - for example, alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addiction are compulsive; that is, they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders; they feel they must spend money. This compulsion, like most others, is irrational - impossible to explain reasonably. For compulsive spenders who buy on credit, charge accounts are even more exciting than money. In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending enormous amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy.
人們可能會癡迷于不同的事物――例如，烈酒、毒品，某些食物，甚至電視節(jié)目。有這些癖好的人就是上了癮，也就是說，他們有著強烈的心理需求，他們認(rèn)為這種需求必須得到滿足。按照心理學(xué)家的說法，許多人購物成癖，他們覺得自己必須把錢花出去。跟其他癖好相似，這種欲望是非理性的——不可能做出合理的解釋。對那些賒賬購物成癖的人而言，信用賬戶比現(xiàn)金更為刺激。換句話說，購物成癖的人認(rèn)為，借助賒賬，他們可以無所不為。他們從大筆花錢時體驗到的樂趣，實在是比從所購物品中獲得的樂趣大得多。 ——譯文來自: bx3214740