Sure you would like to have more money. Who does not! If in the world, we live in it seems that we never have enough. And it is true that a good number of people live with limited means and with problems making ends meet, which is why we cannot speak of a disorder in these cases, even though we cannot stop thinking about money. But the problem exists, and it is quite worrisome, right? We talk about crematomania or the obsessive desire for money in our dictionary of hobbies. 
What is crematomania
Crematomania is the obsessive desire for money or to accumulate money and wealth. Has it happened to you? Surely it happens to you that you would always need more money to pay the bills without holding your breath, to take that dream trip or to give yourself those whims that you cannot access. Relax, not all the desire for more money is crematomania.
Crematomania is suffered by those people who seek not only money and riches, but social recognition in a pathological way. People with thriving businesses or unstoppable careers who dedicate their lives to having more and more money. Why and for what? Like all hobbies, it is a disorder and should be treated, although in our society it is very well seen to worship money above all else.
Consequences of crematomania
- Above all. This is the key to distinguish between the desire to improve your quality of life and the pathology or mania. For people who suffer from crematomania, it is never enough, they always want more. And they put that obsession with money before everything else: their family, their friends, their personal life… Everything turns into money.
- Surely a person of recognized success comes to mind, a person envied by all the others, who flaunts his high standard of living. A person with a lot of money, but for her it is not enough, because he wants more. With half of his money, most of us would enjoy life on a sunny island, but that person isn’t done accumulating wealth. She always wants more.
- Excessive attachment to money is a disease and it must be treated as such, but who dares to diagnose crematomania when it seems that the correct path is always to ascend, to have more and more? As a society we should make an examination of conscience to elevate an obsession such as money that can destroy the life of the person who suffers from this mania.
- Among the consequences of crematomania is personal annulment. The person is so obsessed with getting money, more money, that he loses touch with reality. A depersonalization takes place to become a machine to generate wealth.
Do you suffer from crematomania?
Luckily crematomania is not a disease within everyone’s reach. It is one thing that we poor mortals want to have more money to live with a little more peace of mind and another thing is that you cannot stop thinking about money. Let money be your obsession.
The first thing to do is recognize whether or not you suffer from this disorder. Once identified, you can start asking for help from psychology specialists to be able to continue your life in the best possible way. Some symptoms are:
- You spend most of your time thinking about money, and your life revolves around it.
- You are looking for strategies to earn much more money, even though you already have some saved. It’s never enough for you.
- You rank the people you meet based on their wealth or finances, not their personality or tastes.
- You feel frustrated even though everything is going well for you, because you wish it were even better for you
- You feel envy of rich people, and you would like to be like them
The success of others makes you sad, and you feel a certain resentment towards those people who succeed in life. Instead of being happy for them, it causes you a certain rejection.
Above all, and most importantly, it is to activate the alarm signal if you think that it is money that will give you happiness.