Jan Gerber sounds alarm on “opulomania”: the hidden danger of luxury addiction – Zenith Destinations

“More luxury doesn’t always mean more happiness.”

In an interview with Zenith Destinations, our CEO Jan Gerber speaks candidly about opulomania — the compulsive drive to purchase luxury goods as a way to escape emotional pain. At Paracelsus Recovery, we coined the term to describe what we increasingly see among our clients: shopping sprees, emotional crashes, and a deep reliance on material validation in place of internal self-worth.

“Luxury has become a socially accepted form of emotional avoidance,” Jan explains. “But the thrill fades — and the suffering underneath remains.”

Read the full piece to explore how opulomania is quietly becoming one of the most seductive addictions of our time — and what it takes to truly recover — here.