NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - Sleeping with Blow Dryer; Eating Toilet Paper
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/29/2010
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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - Extreme Bodybuilding; Thumb Sucking
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/29/2010
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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - Eating Cleanser; Tanning
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/5/2011
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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - Ventriloquism; Cats
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/5/2011
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.
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#5 - Eats Detergent; Strongman
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/12/2011
A teen who eats detergent up to seven times a day is profiled. Also: A man is obsessed with training for strongman competitions.
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#6 - Hair Puller; Shoe Fanatic
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/12/2011
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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - Eats Couch Cushion; Furry
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/19/2011
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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - Married to A Doll; Picking My Scabs
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/26/2011
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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - Can't Stop Cleaning; Love Rocks
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 2/2/2011
Cyntrelle spends up to eight hours everyday cleaning her home; Belinda excessively collects rocks.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - Eats Glass; Bleaches Skin
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/9/2011
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.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - Make-up Addict; Obsessed With Death
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 2/9/2011
Maureen is obsessed with her make-up; Barbara prefers the company of those who have passed on.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - Laxatives; Pottery & Ashes
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/16/2011
At fifteen, Kimberly started using laxatives to lose weight and is now addicted to them; Bianca craves pottery and ashes.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - 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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - 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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - 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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - 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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - 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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - 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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#19 - 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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#20 - 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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NaN/100 votesLoading...#21 - Dating My Car; Baby Powder Addiction
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/12/2012
Season 3 begins with a man who shows his love for his car by buying it gifts and taking it out on dates; and a 28-year-old who has been sniffing baby powder for 16 years.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - Eats Cat Food; Smells Mothballs
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 2/12/2012
A woman eats hundreds of cat treats and wet food every day; a woman who has been smelling mothballs for 15 years stores them all over her house and in her purse.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#23 - Addicted to My Breasts; Tape Eater
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 2/19/2012
Profiling a woman who has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on breast augmentation, even though the implants have caused an infection; and a woman who can’t stop eating adhesive tape.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#24 - Drinks Nail Polish; Ear Digger
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2/19/2012
A woman’s family is worried about her five-year habit of drinking nail polish; a woman is obsessed with cleaning her ears.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#25 - Eats Dirt; Extreme Toenails
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 3/4/2012
A woman who has eaten dirt every day for 30 years; a woman who is obsessed with growing her toenails.
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The Worst Episodes of My Strange Addiction
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...
Genre:Documentary
Network:TLC
Worst Episodes Summary
"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".