GearNoir
“The Disney Princess’s Apprentice”
I remember that one. A sad occasion that I’m sure plays out quite often in our own “hobby” and clearly in other ways as well.Very good subject to cover.
I remember a thread on another shaving forum and the guy had been compulsively buying shaving things. And he would do many of the things on your list, such as hiding them from his spouse, lying to his spouse about it and creating financial problems.
He had come onto the forum asking for help. But the help he wanted was how to cover it up better and save his marriage. Users were trying to steer him in the right direction, but he didn’t want to hear it. Then the wife signed onto the forum to blame the members. Then they were both gone. Messy business. But it is an unhealthy obsession and needs to be addressed.
Sad and often true.Coming to a forum for help to stop buying is like hanging out at the bar looking for help to stop drinking.
I tend to agree with you @elmerPHuD. I applaud your efforts to provide a resource. Not everyone knows when or has the guts to move forward with a call for help; sometimes it takes the recognition of others, who know the person well, to lovingly approach them.
I think the only advice I’d give would have to do with moderation and then how to enable enjoyment over allowing FOMO to take over. The flip side would be a call for communities to not make light of a call for help when it does come and also have each other’s backs when it comes to being their “brother’s keeper” - check-in and what not.
Addictions, obsessions, and their treatments are outside the purview of most here, not being educated in such a speciality. I doubt most of us could give you a proper analysis or suggestion for content better than you might come up with on your own.