day of retail therapy can be just the ticket for some people to help them feel better about themselves. But what happens when you can't stop shopping?
Surrounded by racks of shirts, dresses and jumpers, Lucy tells me that she could spend up to 14 hours a day searching out new clothes as an escape from reality.
The 37-year-old's life may sound like a dream, but Lucy is clear that excessive shopping damaged her life.
At one point, Lucy found herself not paying her bills so she could continue to buy clothes.
"It's like a physical and an emotional drowning. I have felt like I'm just under a weight of clothes constantly," she says.
Lucy has no idea how many garments she owns, but they take up an entire room in her West Yorkshire home as well as several suitcases - and a 35 sq ft storage unit.
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