My Strange Addiction
★ 5.6 · 2010 · Documentary
My Strange Addiction is an American documentary television series that premiered on TLC on December 29, 2010. The series focuses on people with unusual compulsive behaviors. These range from eating specific non-food items to ritualistic daily activities to bizarre personal fixations or beliefs.
Episodes
1. Eats Toilet Paper, Blow Dryer22m · Thirty-one-year old Lori has been addicted to sleeping with her blow dryer since she was eight years old. Although she finds the heat and sound comforting, Lori risks the chance of burning her skin severely or worse, starting an electrical fire. Kesha has admitted to eating half a roll of toilet paper everyday. Whether in the car, at the movies, or in a restaurant, Kesha seizes every opportunity to give into her addiction.
2. Thumb Sucker, Bodybuilder22m · Lauren used to be addicted to drugs and alcohol, now she's addicted to extreme bodybuilding. She works out up to six hours a day, six days a week.
24-year-old Rhonda can't stop sucking her thumb while sniffing a scrap of her childhood blanket. The safety and comfort the thumb sucking gave her during her parents divorce, has now become an isolating social behavior she can't let go.▶3. Eats Cleanser, Tanner22m · Crystal has been eating household cleanser everyday since she was twelve. Her shame, embarrassment and concern for her health have caused her to keep this a secret.
20-year-old Samantha tans up to three times a day in tanning beds, in addition to tanning outdoors slathered in vegetable oil.
4. Ventriloquist, Cat Lady22m · When April's fiance gave her the ultimatum "it's me or the puppets" - April chose the puppets. Not only do the puppets go everywhere she goes, she practices with them 12 hours a day.
Debbie is severely allergic to cats, but has over twenty of them. Despite the health problems they cause and the isolation that comes along with being the "crazy cat lady," Debbie continues to choose the cats over herself since her husband's death.▶5. Eats Detergent, Strongman22m · A teen who eats detergent up to seven times a day is profiled. Also: A man is obsessed with training for strongman competitions.▶6. Hair Puller, Shoe Fanatic22m · A shoe addict owns over 200 pairs and refers to them as her "babies." Also: a woman who with a hair-pulling problem is profiled.
7. Eats Couch Cushion, Furry22m · A woman insists on wearing her fur suit everywhere she goes; another woman has been eating couch cushions for 20 years.
8. Married a Doll, Picking Scabs22m · A man treats his life-size doll like a wife; a woman spends hours a day picking scabs on her body.
9. Can't Stop Cleaning, Rocks22m · Cyntrelle spends up to eight hours everyday cleaning her home; Belinda excessively collects rocks.
10. Eats Glass, Bleaches Skin22m · Over the past four years, Josh has consumed more than 100 glasses and 250 light bulbs. As if ingesting glass wasn't dangerous enough, Josh also swallows live bullets. Candice struggles with her addiction to skin bleach to lighten her skin. Discrimination at school and teasing from friends has her convinced she is ugly.
11. Makeup, Obsessed With Death22m · Maureen is obsessed with her make-up; Barbara prefers the company of those who have passed on.
12. Laxatives, Pottery and Ashes22m · At fifteen, Kimberly started using laxatives to lose weight and is now addicted to them; Bianca craves pottery and ashes.More Like This
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