Global addiction to luxury on the rise, explains Jan Gerber – Alarabiya News
When luxury becomes a lifestyle — and then a lifeline.
In an article exploring the rise of compulsive luxury consumption, our CEO Jan Gerber sheds light on opulomania, a term we coined at Paracelsus Recovery to describe the growing dependency on high-end goods, cosmetic procedures, and status symbols to soothe internal pain.
“Whether someone arrives for burnout, depression, or trauma, we almost always see luxury being used not as pleasure, but as protection,” Jan explains. What begins as indulgence quickly becomes compulsion, not about handbags or holidays, but the hope of feeling safe, seen, or enough.
Read the full article here to explore why this behaviour is so socially accepted, why it’s so hard to stop, and how real recovery starts not with rejection, but with awareness.
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