Absolutely. I came from a very consumerist family (both parents are still in massive debt in their old age due to over-shopping). I was used to going shopping as a pass-time - it's just what my family did. My poor DH use to be totally overwhelmed by the bright lights and big displays in malls - and I didn't understand why. Fast forward 10 years. I've figured out that retail therapy (as we used to call it) isn't going to make me happy. We have been simplifying our lives to only the things that matter to us, and have been buying much less. I'm now the one who has a very limited threshold for shopping and I *hate* malls. I find them oddly disorienting (too many lights, too much distraction). I prefer to shop online for things like clothing and in local, non-chain stores for other things. I dread our trips to Costco (we use for bulk household stuff and some healthy food) and Target (for contact solution, toothpaste, etc.).
My theory is that all of the lights and the displays overstimulate by brain since it's not used to that anymore. After all, being designed by marketers, they are all geared towards grabbing our attention when we enter the store.
Don't even get me started on the car buying process (see Dear So and So) - due to an unfortunate circumstance we are having to visit well more car dealers than I would prefer (which is, honestly, zero). In our area, we do need a car (there are places that aren't well served by public transit and safe to go on a bike) - but we don't need two, and we are having issues with getting rid of the one we have.