Medical Psychic Intuitive: Squirreling Behavior – Don’t Let it Make You Nuts!
It’s fall.
The days are getting shorter and I have that annual compulsion to shop like a
squirrel.
You know, scurry around for those staples, collecting the “nuts” and bolts of what I think I will need to survive for the upcoming winter.
For the furry animals outside, the objects collected stored and hoarded for future use are acorns and other food, twigs, leaves and other blankets to survive the months of snow and ice.
And even though I am in the safety of my own warm home I, and maybe you, have the same “squirreling” instinct. We have a compulsion to buy and store up food and “things” for the winter we may, in fact, not necessarily even need.
You think I’m making up that term aren’t you?
Squirreling instinct is actually a true phenomenon. An instinct that is buried deep in our brain and covered up by the normal development of our frontal lobes.
For instance, when we develop a dementia like Alzheimer’s disease and our frontal lobe atrophies (shrinks, disappears) this squirreling behavior comes out. You may see older patients with dementia in a nursing home cafeteria, when anxious or depressed, begin to sneak salt and pepper shakers, plastic flowers or other useless items to “squirrel” away.
In fact, these patients may surreptitiously go into other peoples’ rooms and grab clothing underwear (not even their size) and other useless items then “squirrel” the items away. When faced with the music, the “shopper” will claim, “Who me? These are mine. I bought them from the store.”.
If you begin shopping around , impulsively shopping for items – especially ridiculous
items in the fall – beware.
This may be a sign that you have a Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) or a mood problem and tendency toward anxiety which ,both, get more out of balance with the colder, darker months.
Catalogue companies know this and deliberately send us their pamphlets on these rainy October days!
All of their items look extremely tempting – think plastic flowers in the nursing home cafeteria.
But I am sure if I perused this same catalogue in July I would laugh at the stuff
the company is trying to unload.
You want some examples?
From a very expensive catalogue company who shall remain nameless:
- Exclusive Handbook Candle – $38.00 (the candle
is 1″ high”). - A magnifying glass and letter opener caught my eye. Glitzy Heart
detailed desk accessories crafted of silver-tone brass and purple crystals -
$115.00. - But my favorite that almost got me to get my card out was the Exclusive
Turquoise File Box – “Painted in an eye-catching turquoise hue, this hand-crafted
composite wood file box with stand holds legal and letter-sized files.” - $294.00 (incl. shipping).
I am still haunted by the turquoise file box!
Every time I look at it in the catalogue, it does elevate my mood and soothe my anxiety as much as that shopping expedition to JCrew did last weekend.
But beware.
Shopping, or RT “Retail Therapy” does have the therapeutic effects of raising self esteem and mood levels as well as reducing anxiety by releasing opiates. Look up my Turquoise File Box on the web and you will see what I mean!
However, a similar pharmaceutical effect can be obtained by many other methods without the associated credit card costs and interest fees.
It appears that we can learn to love ourselves and improve our mood without incurring
debt and acquiring “things” and “squirreling” away item after item.
Jennifer Lopez had it right.
“My love don’t cost a thing”
Real love is not available in stores anywhere.
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