Addiction to Shoplifting...

Everyone who is a psychologist says people do anything they do to fill a void. It's overused and a bullshit excuse in my opinion.

 

it can be very real if you lose your damn mind doing it all the time. just like anything though, especially negative actions and habits

 

In what way are the rushes equivalent? In shoplifting, you're taking something you haven't paid for. The rush is the part where you're actually stealing and getting away with it. In gambling, you're not stealing anything. You're winning money, not stealing money. There may be a 'rush' while winning money, but it certainly won't be the same 'rush' as when stealing money.

 

Both feel good when winning money, perhaps that's not what makes them feel good.

 

You're not 'winning' money when you shoplift, like you are in gambling. You're stealing it. Therefore the 'rush' feeling is not the same. Therefore they cannot be considered equivalent.

 

Im not addicted to masturbating, im just committed

 

my friend shoplifts all the time and i also worry about him. I hope he doesn't get caught anytime soon

 

Honestly I think that in some cases they actually want to get caught; for the attention.

If they don't want to shoplift they can help themselves, and stay away

 

This has probably been posted but the medical term is cleptomania and it is a real thing, I'd say it's closely related to OCD but im not a doctor.

 

They are just scummy thieves. They will learn there lesson when they're caught.

 

I got the same problem, except its with restaurants. Id usually just take glasses, ive got a collection of miscellaneous beer glasses, but it's not limited to glasses, silverware, plates, sugar packets, and pens. I find it fun and exciting, I never skip out on paying and tipping.

 

It's an Addiction to the "Adrenaline Rush"

 

Addiction to anything is always bad. I was really addicted to runescape, but still addicted to porn. FML

 

He should stop ASAP. It's an extremely bad addiction if you like free things/and you are sneaky. That's bad. I feel bad for your friend.