It feels like the right thing to to do, but then you get there and realize you aren’t adequately emotionally prepared.

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5 Responses to “Shopping at Ikea is like returning to therapy:”

  1. An Unreliable Witness Says:

    I favour combining the experiences by taking a flatpack set of bookshelves into the session, and constructing it whilst pouring out the neuroses of one’s mind.

    Though obviously I may require therapy for even harbouring such an idea.

  2. Aneel Says:

    So you leave your cart full of stuff you absolutely don’t need but couldn’t help picking up in the middle of the store, retire to the cafe for a plate of meatballs and lingonberry juice, before escaping the place. Or at least.. that’s what I do. :-)

  3. Joshua Says:

    I am a therapist and I can tell you two things: An hour at Ikea is generally both more overwhelming AND more expensive than an hour in therapy.

  4. Jennifer Says:

    Or financially prepared. And I never use half the crap we buy.

  5. Helene K. Says:

    It was easier for me to get in and out of a Rolling Stones concert in downtown San Francisco than to park, shop and leave a store in the East Bay….

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