Have you seen the show my strange addiction?

[Sayg]

Just watching that show in a way makes me glad that I don't do some of those things that the people on that show do but ya I still feel bad for them. I am not sure though if an addiction is harder to kick then a phobia like what I have? Either way both are not good. I saw one lady who is addicted to smelling gas and smells it every day. That is just not good. We all seem to have some type of problem but ya getting help is another thing.

[mdgirl1977]

google the guy who's in love with his car. he named it Chase, I think. yeah I love that show.

[Sayg]

he love's his car??? lol ok I will. Ya that show is crazy eh? But I mean I am not trying to say they are crazy, since then you can call me crazy for having this phobia but I mean crazy as in "gosh darn it!" feel bad for them kind of crazy.

[mdgirl1977]

you can thank me later

http://m.today.com/entertainment/man...tion-1C9379872

[mdgirl1977]

I think this is the full video

http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/my-stran...ove-videos.htm

[Sayg]

Oh gee...I just watched it. I have not seen that one before. Wow. I feel bad for him. I hope he gets some help even though he does say he is happy with his life. I wasn't able to see the full episode and normally they show that the people either make some progress or they don't really change. I haven't seen them on tv for some time but have seen short clips of the shows on the internet. Gosh, I really wonder why he got so attached to that car. I just wonder how he got to thinking like that since they don't say much about that.

[Sayg]

Oh thank you, lol I just watched it on youtube before you posted those. Thank you for sharing though. I might go back to watching TLC and see if I can find some of those again since I didn't know they showed those anymore.

[mdgirl1977]

this guy seems to have serious mental health issues where he really believes the car is a feeling thing...not just a junk of metal. it's....disturbing. and crazy in a legit crazy way. there are other ones that stuck with me - eating plastic bags, baby powder addict, eating mattress foam, drinking nail polish. digestive ones are usually linked to a disorder called PICA. but the car one is just NUTS.

[Sayg]

gee ya that is crazy, as you said that must be linked to a mental health issue since there definitely has to be something going on there for him to see it more then just a car. I know it just stated what that is classified as since there was someone else on that show that behaved similar to a toy dinosaur or something? I can't remember. Do you know what happens to him after? Does he manage to get some help? It looks like the season is over for that show but some of them can be seen on the internet. Ya, those digestive ones are crazy too. For all of them it's crazy how the mind can do that. But ya, the mind is quite powerful and complex.