How a grieving woman was finally able to combat her nine-year shopping 'addiction'

There's a new department store in town you may not have heard of: "Donna's".

Donna is a shopaholic.

She actually doesn't sell anything but take a look around the cluttered rooms of her home and you'd think you were in one of the more common department stores we all know and love.

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Products wrapped and priced fill every room, though nothing is for sale.

"Everything here I bought," Donna said.

"I don't open it, I don't use it, but (I) can't help buying it."

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Donna works two jobs to pay for her shopping addiction.

"It started when Mum died nine years ago," she said.

"Shopping gives me comfort. It's a void for the loss of my mum and best friend."

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But now Donna admits she needs help.

"I can fix this addiction very quickly and simply," said bad habit-breaking specialist and hypnotherapist Mark Stephens.

"We all have bad habits, be that social media addiction, chocolates, cigarettes or even shopping."

So he got to work on Donna with hypnotherapy to "reset her mind in a positive way".

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After an hour, it seemed Donna was a changed woman.

"I don't want it anymore. I'm throwing it away or giving it away," she said.

So after nine years of wasteful shopping, Donna and Stephens sent uteloads to charities and the local tip.

"I feel I have my life back and will never go back to that shopping addiction again," she said.

For more information on how Donna was able to break her addiction, visit Stephens' website here for a free digital handbook on breaking bad habits.