My Strange Addiction

Season 1

12 episodes · Dec 29, 2010

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  • Eats Toilet Paper, Blow Dryer
    S1E1

    Eats Toilet Paper, Blow Dryer

    Dec 29, 201022m

    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.

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  • Thumb Sucker, Bodybuilder
    S1E2

    Thumb Sucker, Bodybuilder

    Dec 29, 201022m

    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.

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  • S1E3

    Eats Cleanser, Tanner

    Jan 5, 201122m

    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.

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  • Ventriloquist, Cat Lady
    S1E4

    Ventriloquist, Cat Lady

    Jan 5, 201122m

    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.

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  • S1E5

    Eats Detergent, Strongman

    Jan 12, 201122m

    A teen who eats detergent up to seven times a day is profiled. Also: A man is obsessed with training for strongman competitions.

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  • S1E6

    Hair Puller, Shoe Fanatic

    Jan 12, 201122m

    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.

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  • Eats Couch Cushion, Furry
    S1E7

    Eats Couch Cushion, Furry

    Jan 19, 201122m

    A woman insists on wearing her fur suit everywhere she goes; another woman has been eating couch cushions for 20 years.

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  • Married a Doll, Picking Scabs
    S1E8

    Married a Doll, Picking Scabs

    Jan 26, 201122m

    A man treats his life-size doll like a wife; a woman spends hours a day picking scabs on her body.

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  • Can't Stop Cleaning, Rocks
    S1E9

    Can't Stop Cleaning, Rocks

    Feb 2, 201122m

    Cyntrelle spends up to eight hours everyday cleaning her home; Belinda excessively collects rocks.

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  • Eats Glass, Bleaches Skin
    S1E10

    Eats Glass, Bleaches Skin

    Feb 9, 201122m

    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.

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  • Makeup, Obsessed With Death
    S1E11

    Makeup, Obsessed With Death

    Feb 9, 201122m

    Maureen is obsessed with her make-up; Barbara prefers the company of those who have passed on.

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  • Laxatives, Pottery and Ashes
    S1E12

    Laxatives, Pottery and Ashes

    Feb 16, 201122m

    At fifteen, Kimberly started using laxatives to lose weight and is now addicted to them; Bianca craves pottery and ashes.

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