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My Strange Addiction

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  • 2010-2026
  • 7 Seasons
  • Discovery Communications
  • Documentary, Reality
  • TV-PG
  • Watchlist

"Strange" doesn't seem to adequately describe some of the addictive behaviors profiled on this series. "Dangerous," even "life-threatening," come much closer. Each half-hour episode features two adults who resort to extreme compulsions in an effort to soothe their emotional demon

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John Zajecka
Self - Psychiatrist
Demi Kazanis
Self - Dentist
Trisha Paytas
Self

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Raw Meat, Snorting Food, Being Huge

Wed, Jan 7, 202650 mins

Wendy eats up to two pounds of raw meat a day, causing concern with her fiancé's family. Kathryn confesses her food snorting addiction. Craig's bodybuilding obsession is harming his body.

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First Look: Season 5 of TLC's My Strange Addiction Gets Dolled Up

TLC's human shockfest My Strange Addiction returns for a fifth season on New Year's Day with the one-hour special I'm A Living Doll, which explores the lives of three people who undergo radical plastic surgery, extreme diets and other appearance-altering means in order to look like human dolls. The special premieres Jan. 1 at 9/8c, followed by two more new episodes at 10/9c. Among the stories explored: A woman who dresses up like a pony every day; a single mother who drinks paint; two identical twins who haven't been apart for more than 30 minutes in 20 years; and a 26-year-old who eats mattresses, consuming a total of eight beds in the past 20 years. My Strange Addiction continues on Jan. 8 at 10/9c with cases including a 33-year-old man who has spent $100,000 on plastic surgery to look like Justin Bieber; a woman who chews on dirty diapers; a man who's hooked on leeches; and a woman who eats an entire palate of eye shadow in one sitting. Who's hungry?

Fri, Dec 13, 2013
First Look: Season 5 of TLC's My Strange Addiction Gets Dolled Up

Why Reality TV is Good for Us

People love to demonize reality TV as evidence of decay in Western society, but have these people actually seen a reality show lately? They aren't all vehicles of Schadenfreude and exploitation. And even so, what's wrong with that? Even Jersey Shore has its purpose. Contrary to popular belief, reality TV serves a variety of useful and important functions and I, for one, am a better person because of it. Here's why:

Thu, Jun 27, 2013
Why Reality TV is Good for Us

VIDEO: Woman Cooks for Dead Husband, Eats His Ashes on My Strange Addiction

My Strange Addiction (Sundays, 10/9c, TLC) can be a hoot, but this is sad: 26-year-old Casie mourns her dead husband by carrying his urn with her virtually everywhere. But it doesn't stop there. In the clip below, she's preparing food for him. ("I cook what he likes. I don't eat it, but I cook for him.") She also confers with his urn on what channel to watch. Finally, she's taken to eating his ashes...

Thu, Aug 4, 2011
VIDEO: Woman Cooks for Dead Husband, Eats His Ashes on My Strange Addiction

There's Nothing Strange About an Addiction to My Strange Addiction

My Strange Addiction (Sundays, 10/9c, TLC) is maybe the most entertaining freak show on television now, and definitely the most guilt-free one. While shows such as Celebrity Rehab, Intervention and Hoarders enlist subjects whose participation is possibly clouded (or motivated) by substance or mental illness, My Strange Addiction is more of a platform for reasonably coherent people to share their weirdness (since they are, after all, signing up for a show that has the word "strange" in its title). My Strange Addiction embraces those who embrace their own eccentricities. And, boy, are they eccentric. TLC will air the fifth and sixth episodes of the show's second season on Sunday, and by then we will have been treated to snapshots of the lives of people who are "addicted" to the likes of cycling, eating dryer sheets, chomping rocks and carrying around a pillow...

Sat, Jul 30, 2011
There's Nothing Strange About an Addiction to My Strange Addiction

VIDEO Exclusive: This Is What 22 Years' Worth of Nail-Growing Looks Like

Meet Jazz, one of the subjects profiled on this week's My Strange Addiction (Sunday, 10/9c, TLC). Jazz has been growing her fingernails for 22 years. Her longest is 24 inches long. How she isn't a local celebrity in Atlanta, where she lives, is beyond me. In fact, how she isn't the Queen of the World is beyond me. Like, why am I just hearing about this woman now? Why hasn't she been issued presidencies and Purple Hearts and Congressional Medals of Calcium and Nobel Cosmetic Prizes? She is amazing, and her hands are by far the wackiest things I've seen on TV all week (and I watch America's Got Talent, so that's really saying something)...

Fri, Jul 15, 2011
VIDEO Exclusive: This Is What 22 Years' Worth of Nail-Growing Looks Like

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