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Back now with clinical psychologist jeff gardere. thanks for being here. talking about spending, compulsive versus impulsive spending. what's the difference here? >> impulsive spending is when you're not thinking about what you're doing. you're just going with the high, just going with the feeling. it looks good, let me do this and you aren't thinking about the consequences. compulsive shopping is a lot more serious. this is an addiction, something that you have to do and more of that self-medication that i was talking about if you're depressed, if you're anxious, if you have all sorts of othe...