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#1 - Sleeping with Blow Dryer; Eating Toilet Paper
Loading...S1:E1Thirty-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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#2 - Extreme Bodybuilding; Thumb Sucking
Loading...S1:E2Lauren 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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#3 - Eating Cleanser; Tanning
Loading...S1:E3Crystal 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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#4 - Ventriloquism; Cats
Loading...S1:E4When 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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#5 - Eats Detergent; Strongman
Loading...S1:E5A 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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#6 - Hair Puller; Shoe Fanatic
Loading...S1:E6A 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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#7 - Eats Couch Cushion; Furry
Loading...S1:E7A woman insists on wearing her fur suit everywhere she goes; another woman has been eating couch cushions for 20 years.
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#8 - Married to A Doll; Picking My Scabs
Loading...S1:E8A man treats his life-size doll like a wife; a woman spends hours a day picking scabs on her body.
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#9 - Can't Stop Cleaning; Love Rocks
Loading...S1:E9Cyntrelle spends up to eight hours everyday cleaning her home; Belinda excessively collects rocks.
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#10 - Eats Glass; Bleaches Skin
Loading...S1:E10Over 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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#11 - Make-up Addict; Obsessed With Death
Loading...S1:E11Maureen is obsessed with her make-up; Barbara prefers the company of those who have passed on.
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#12 - Laxatives; Pottery & Ashes
Loading...S1:E12At fifteen, Kimberly started using laxatives to lose weight and is now addicted to them; Bianca craves pottery and ashes.
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#13 - Growing Fingernails; Hairless Rats
Loading...S2:E148-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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#14 - Pulling Hair Out of Drains; Eating Drywall
Loading...S2:E228-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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#15 - Adult Baby; Eating Dryer Sheets
Loading...S2:E325-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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#16 - Sniffing Gasoline; Teddy Bears
Loading...S2:E4For 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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#17 - Cycling; Taxidermy
Loading...S2:E555-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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#18 - Eating Rocks; Carrying Pillows
Loading...S2:E644-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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#19 - Carrying My Husband's Urn
Loading...S2:E726-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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#20 - Eating Plastic; Bathing in Bleach
Loading...S2:E818-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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#21 - I'm a Living Doll
Loading...S5:E1Three people take extreme physical and psychological measures to live as full time human dolls.
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#22 - Pony Play/Addicted to Drinking Paint
Loading...S5:E2Meet Nicole who has been addicted to pony play, a form of role play, for the last 20 years. Plus, Heather, who is compelled to drink paint.
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#23 - Identical Twin Obsession/Eats Mattresses
Loading...S5:E3Meet twins who are so addicted to being identical that they weigh their meals to stay the exact same size, and a woman who eats mattresses.
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#24 - Proud to Be Plastic
Loading...S5:E444-year-old mother Lacey has had at least 30 plastic surgeries and is planning more.
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#25 - Chews Dirty Diapers; Addicted to Leeches
Loading...S5:E522-year-old Keisha is addicted to chewing on urine-soaked diapers. Plus, meet 50-year-old Vladimir who is addicted to using leeches.
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The Worst Episodes of My Strange Addiction
Genre:Documentary
Network:TLC
Every episode of My Strange Addiction ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of My Strange Addiction!
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...
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"Sleeping with Blow Dryer; Eating Toilet Paper" is the worst rated episode of "My Strange Addiction". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/29/2010. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Extreme Bodybuilding; Thumb Sucking".