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A man has been diagnosed with clinical depression caused by his girlfriend constantly dragging him round on shopping trips.

Psychiatrists are treating Wu Cheng, 28, who told them: "I can't even look at a shop now.

"Every time she tries to drag me to a mall my heart starts to pound, I'm short of breath and I feel sick. We have been going out for two years and at least 12 months of that time have been spent in shops. She is obsessed."

Wu's girlfriend Zhang Keyi said from her home in Chongqing, central China: "When he's better I promise we'll only go to the shops once a week. Except when the sales are on."