The WORST episodes of My Strange Addiction

Every episode of My Strange Addiction ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of My Strange Addiction!

Some people turn to chocolate when stressed, others will indulge with a little retail therapy and maybe schedule a massage, but the individuals featured on My Strange Addiction resort to extreme and unusual things in an effort to emotionally regulate themselves. Some of the strange addictions explored in each episode are everything from an obsession with a blow dryer, to another eating toilet paper, to spending time with a silicone person, to eating detergent, to extreme body building, and to thumb sucking.

Last Updated: 3/18/2024Network: TLCStatus: Ended
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Top 10 Most Shocking
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5.27
11 votes

#1 - Top 10 Most Shocking

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/4/2015

In this special episode of My Strange Addiction, we count down the ten most shocking addictions ever featured on the series and provide updates.

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Addicted to Being Pamela Anderson
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5.87
30 votes

#2 - Addicted to Being Pamela Anderson

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/14/2015

Carolyn Anderson, a 29-year-old women from the UK, is addicted to transforming herself into Baywatch beauty Pamela Anderson.

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Make-up Addict; Obsessed With Death
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6.02
121 votes

#3 - 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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Men in Doll Suits
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6.11
35 votes

#4 - Men in Doll Suits

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2015

Men who get dolled up in secret are stepping out in public for the first time at rubber doll rendezvous. This is an insider's look into the world of female maskers: men who dress in rubber suits and masks to look like life-sized, shapely female dolls.

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Addicted to Psychics; Addicted to Body Casting
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6.24
25 votes

#5 - Addicted to Psychics; Addicted to Body Casting

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/21/2015

This episode of My Strange Addiction profiles Kevin who constantly covers his body in plaster casts even though he is not injured and Melissa who is incapable of making a decision without consulting a psychic.

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Eats Glass; Bleaches Skin
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6.30
81 votes

#6 - 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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Sniffing Gasoline; Teddy Bears
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6.30
46 votes

#7 - 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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Identical Twin Obsession; Eats Mattresses
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6.36
14 votes

#8 - Identical Twin Obsession; Eats Mattresses

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/1/2014

Forty-four-year-old twins do everything they can to remain indentical; a 26-year-old woman has been eating mattresses for more than 20 years.

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Growing Fingernails; Hairless Rats
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6.59
51 votes

#9 - 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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In Love with Balloons; Face Mask Eater
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6.64
14 votes

#10 - In Love with Balloons; Face Mask Eater

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/13/2013

Julius has been sexually attracted to balloons for decades and keeps more than 50,000 in his home at all times. Natasha eats entire jars of clay face masks every day.

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Eating Rocks; Carrying Pillows
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6.67
49 votes

#11 - 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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Sleeping with Blow Dryer; Eating Toilet Paper
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6.68
163 votes

#12 - 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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Addicted to Air Freshner; Long Neck Women
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6.68
37 votes

#13 - Addicted to Air Freshner; Long Neck Women

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/21/2015

Profiled addicts include: Evelyn, who drinks air freshener every day, and Sydney, who is obsessed with having the world's longest neck.

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Can't Stop Cleaning; Love Rocks
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6.71
82 votes

#14 - 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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Eats Bricks; Married to a Carnival Ride
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6.71
45 votes

#15 - Eats Bricks; Married to a Carnival Ride

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2015

A woman loves a carnival ride; a woman has been eating bricks for a dozen years.

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Hair Puller; Shoe Fanatic
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6.74
61 votes

#16 - 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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Ventriloquism; Cats
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6.74
73 votes

#17 - 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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Blood Drinker
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6.81
21 votes

#18 - Blood Drinker

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/20/2013

Michelle has been addicted to drinking blood for 15 years, both human and pig blood.

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Grandma Lover; Addicted to Being Madonna
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6.83
36 votes

#19 - Grandma Lover; Addicted to Being Madonna

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/28/2015

My Strange Addiction profiles addicts including Kyle, 31, who exclusively dates women over the age of 65 and Adam who is intent upon becoming Madonna.

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Extreme Bodybuilding; Thumb Sucking
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6.85
134 votes

#20 - 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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Eats Cat Food; Smells Mothballs
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6.86
22 votes

#21 - 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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Loves Baby Wipes; Eats Sand
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6.92
24 votes

#22 - Loves Baby Wipes; Eats Sand

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/20/2013

43-year-old Riah has been addicted to baby wipes since she was 15 and goes through up to 500 every day. She's so hooked she even uses wipes in place of showering. Meanwhille, 19-year-old Brea has been addicted to eating sand for the past five years.

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Chews Dirty Diapers; Addicted to Leeches
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6.92
26 votes

#23 - Chews Dirty Diapers; Addicted to Leeches

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/15/2014

Profiled addicts include a 22-year-old woman who is addicted to chewing on urine-soaked diapers and a 50-year-old man who uses leeches up to 40 times a year.

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I'm a Living Doll
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6.97
30 votes

#24 - I'm a Living Doll

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/2014

Meet Justin, Venus, and Emily - three unconventional individuals who willingly take extreme physical and psychological measures, despite whatever criticism they may face, to look and live their lives as full time human dolls.

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Pony Play; Addicted to Drinking Paint
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6.97
39 votes

#25 - Pony Play; Addicted to Drinking Paint

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/1/2014

The fifth season begins with a woman who drinks paint; and another involved in a form of costumed role-play called pony play.

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