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"Every once in awhile, a study comes along that proves what you had wished were true all along. The most recent example? Researchers from the University of Michigan published findings that shopping can counteract feelings of sadness. Specifically, it helps restore &amp;quot;a sense of personal control over one&amp;#039;s environment, and thus helps to alleviate sadness,&amp;quot; as the report explains. Wondering if you can get the same high from simple browsing? The study compared subjects who had a chance to indulge in purchasing versus those who were simply looking, and saw that the ones who walked out with shopping bags were three times less sad, compared to the other group. TELL US: Do you ever go shopping to cheer yourself up?  This story originally appeared on ElleDecor.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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