My Strange Addiction (2010)
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.
My Strange Addiction: Season 1 - 12 Episode s
1x1 - Sleeping with Blow Dryer; Eating Toilet Paper
December 29, 2010
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.
1x2 - Extreme Bodybuilding; Thumb Sucking
December 29, 2010
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.
1x3 - Eating Cleanser; Tanning
January 5, 2011
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.
1x4 - Ventriloquism; Cats
January 5, 2011
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.
1x5 - Eats Detergent; Strongman
January 12, 2011
A teen who eats detergent up to seven times a day is profiled. Also: A man is obsessed with training for strongman competitions.
1x6 - Hair Puller; Shoe Fanatic
January 12, 2011
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.
1x7 - Eats Couch Cushion; Furry
January 19, 2011
A woman insists on wearing her fur suit everywhere she goes; another woman has been eating couch cushions for 20 years.
1x8 - Married to A Doll; Picking My Scabs
January 26, 2011
A man treats his life-size doll like a wife; a woman spends hours a day picking scabs on her body.
1x9 - Can't Stop Cleaning; Love Rocks
February 2, 2011
Cyntrelle spends up to eight hours everyday cleaning her home; Belinda excessively collects rocks.
1x10 - Eats Glass; Bleaches Skin
February 9, 2011
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.
1x11 - Make-up Addict; Obsessed With Death
February 9, 2011
Maureen is obsessed with her make-up; Barbara prefers the company of those who have passed on.
1x12 - Laxatives; Pottery & Ashes
February 16, 2011
At fifteen, Kimberly started using laxatives to lose weight and is now addicted to them; Bianca craves pottery and ashes.
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