5.3/1014 votes#1 - Growing Fingernails; Hairless Rats
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/17/2011
48-year-old Jazz has been growing her fingernails for the past 22 years. Even though her extreme fingernails make life tough, Jazz refuses to cut her nails. 56-year-old Theresa is addicted to her 52 hairless rats. Instead of working, she spends her day feeding, cleaning and caring for her strange obsession.
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5.1/1016 votes#2 - Pulling Hair Out of Drains; Eating Drywall
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/17/2011
28-year-old Evan has hidden a strange addiction from almost everyone he know, pulling hair from shower drains. In social situations, he heads straight to the bathroom and compulsively pulls hair out of the homeowner’s shower drain. For the past seven years, 26-year-old Nicole has been eating the drywall. She craves the taste and will eat up to three square feet of drywall every week.
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5.2/1022 votes#3 - Adult Baby; Eating Dryer Sheets
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/24/2011
25-year-old Riley lives her life as an adult baby and refuses to grow up. She sleeps in a crib, drinks out of a bottle and even wears diapers 24 hours a day. 35-year-old Charmissa has been addicted to chewing dryer sheets for four years. She wraps them up in toilet paper and tears off a piece when she has a craving. Chewing on them helps to calm her nerves, but the chemicals in the dryer sheets can cause cancer.
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6.9/1021 votes#4 - Sniffing Gasoline; Teddy Bears
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/24/2011
For the past 30 years, 44-year-old Theresa has been sniffing gasoline out of a water bottle. Her addiction has gotten so bad that she can’t go more than ten minutes without a sniff. 26-year-old Krista is a loving and caring mother… to her 12 teddy bears. Krista tends to her troop of teddy bears as any mother would: dressing them, caring for them and putting them to bed every day.
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5.9/1011 votes#5 - Cycling; Taxidermy
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 7/31/2011
55-year-old Tom has been addicted to cycling for more than 25 years. He peddles at least 6 hours a day, seven days a week. He rides his bike at home, outside and even in his office as he works. Divya is an attractive 28-year-old with a very unattractive addiction to taxidermy. She spends her days and nights searching for animals on the side of the road and even keeps a freezer full of dead mice – despite the risk of disease.
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5.9/1014 votes#6 - Eating Rocks; Carrying Pillows
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 7/31/2011
44-year-old Teresa has been eating rocks for more than 20 years. She drives up to an hour away from her Virginia home to gather the stones she finds most appetizing. Tamara is a 33-year-old personal trainer whose been carrying around her childhood pillow for over 25 years. Tamara takes her pillow everywhere – to work, to the mall, on long walks – and considers it her best friend.
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6.6/1014 votes#7 - Carrying My Husband's Urn
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 8/7/2011
26-year-old Casie has been so devastated by the sudden loss of her husband, Shawn, that she brings his urn with her wherever she goes. Her family is worried about her well-being, but does not know that Casie has taken her addiction to a shocking new extreme.
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6.7/1015 votes#8 - Eating Plastic; Bathing in Bleach
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/7/2011
18-year-old Kailyn has eaten plastic every day for more eleven years – remote controls, CD cases, forks and water bottles are some of her favorites. She eats up to 15 pieces of plastic a day and even chooses plastic over food. 28-year-old Gloria has taken her addiction to bleach to the extreme – she bathes in it daily, pours it on her hand to smell while she’s out and will even tear into bottles at the store so she can get a quick fix.
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The Best Episodes of My Strange Addiction Season 2
Every episode of My Strange Addiction Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of My Strange Addiction Season 2!
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...
Genre:Documentary
Network:TLC
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Growing Fingernails; Hairless Rats" is the best rated episode of "My Strange Addiction" season 2. It scored 5.3/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/17/2011. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Pulling Hair Out of Drains; Eating Drywall".