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I seem to have a tendency to buy things I really don't need compulsively. I bought a house (which I still have) a long time
ago and it was a little bit like the realtor 'made' me buy it. But I was looking for one because I thought I needed one or
'needed' something. I knew it was sort of a gamble to buy it but I remember thinking at the time that even if I ended
up losing it I would be better off than if I didn't try. I was desperate, I think. I thought maybe a house was the answer
with a garage were I could work out, etc. I thought I would be much more organized in a house and be able to relax
with the garage to work out in and everything would be better. That didn't turn out to be completely the case although
it may have helped me to keep 'getting by'. Then I bought a motorcycle. I thought that would give me something fun
to do and maybe that would be the 'answer'. It has been fun riding it and maybe it has helped me to keep 'getting by'.
When I took out bankruptcy, they didn't take the house, the car, or the bike. Now I refinanced the house and went
and bought a bass boat. I don't even fish, really. Not to mention that I keep driving from Tulsa to Seattle for
something like 2-3 hrs of visitation with my 14 y/o daughter. What's going on?

You're probably using stuff to cover up some emotional inadequacy. I don't know what that emotional inadequacy is, but I know that children of celebrities do that a lot because their parents made up for not being around by giving them stuff, so they learned that stuff is the way to not feel their parents' absence. I don't know if this same situation would apply to you, but I would think something similar might be at hand. I recommend you introspect and ask yourself what buying stuff does for you so that you can figure out why buying it makes sense.