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compulsive spending

Chipper

My son is a young adult diagnosed with  Tourettes Syndrome & Asperges.  He has  a fairly low IQ & now lives in the community with carer support.  His compulsion to spend is becoming a major problem -  his carers have  tried to help him budget but he usually argues & insists on shopping on the internet, & buying electronic gadgets & playstation games. 

Has anyone got any ideas on how to cope with this sort of compulsion?  He is now overdrawn & feeling miserable as now has no money to spend on Xmas presents & risks not being able to pay his rent & losing his Sky contract.  I am giving him a small amount to spend on family presents, but am very concerned that he will never break free from this cycle of constant craving for consumer items.

It would be so helpful if the banks could show some responsibility & limit the issuing of debit/credit cards to vulnerable people.  Does anyone know any helpful way in which obsessive spending can be controlled? 

 

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  • Though I have got it down to having a little splurge now and then, now I am retired.

    People have explained finance to me many times and it still does not mean anything to me.

    In business I always had an accountant working for me and it was their job to control the company finances.

    Though it is helpful to know one's weaknesses, when the spending urge hits there is very little that I can do about it - though I do have a pocket money account and that is what I use.

    The household accounts are done by my live-in carer.

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  • Though I have got it down to having a little splurge now and then, now I am retired.

    People have explained finance to me many times and it still does not mean anything to me.

    In business I always had an accountant working for me and it was their job to control the company finances.

    Though it is helpful to know one's weaknesses, when the spending urge hits there is very little that I can do about it - though I do have a pocket money account and that is what I use.

    The household accounts are done by my live-in carer.

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