My Strange Addiction Premise
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, pica, paraphilia, schizophrenia, psychosis, Alzheimer's disease, exercise bulimia, trichotillomania, body dysmorphic disorder, dermatillomania, and object sexuality of the conditions shown on the show. Many of these "addictions" have the potential to be destructive.
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Cast Of My Strange Addiction
| S.NO. | CAST |
| 1 | Davecat |
| 2 | Adam Guerra |
| 3 | Divya Anantharaman |
| 4 | The Objectum-Sexuals |
| 5 | Lauren |
| 6 | Sheyla Hershey |
| 7 | Mike Dow |
| 8 | Additions |
| 9 | Toby Sheldon |
| 10 | Trisha Paytas |
My Strange Addiction Where Are They Now
1. Davecat
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Davecat, who believes he is married to a doll named Sidore, is widely regarded as the basis for Lars and the Real Girl. In 2011, he appeared on My Strange Addiction. He prefers the word "idolator" to "objectum-sexual," and the brilliant and astonishingly charismatic 40-something-year-old has since been profiled about his love of "synthetics" by various significant outlets, including The Atlantic. All of the media attention has elevated him to the status of a public figure.
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2. Adam Guerra
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Adam Guerra appeared on the show due to his passion for impersonating Madonna. He's back in the grip of addiction after a pretty exaggerated meltdown on the television. Guerra, who performed on RuPaul's Drag Race before joining My Strange Addiction, has had 18 surgical procedures to look more like the notorious Madonna. Since leaving the program, he has been entangled in a public spat with fellow Drag Race alum Bianca Del Rio.
3. Divya Anantharaman
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Divya Anantharaman is a Brooklyn resident who appeared on My Strange Addiction due to her apparent passion for taxidermy. While some news outlets have reported that Anantharaman kills the creatures herself, she is a self-proclaimed advocate of "ethical" taxidermy, which means that she only preserves animals already dead when she finds them.
4. The Objectum-Sexuals
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The term "objectum-sexuality" refers to "an [sexual] orientation to love objects." Many objectum-sexuals have come on the show, believing that the inanimate things of their passion are alive and can speak telepathically. One episode, for example, focuses on a man who is in love with a variety of inflatable pool toys, another on a man who is in a committed sexual relationship with his car, and yet another on a man who believes he is married to a sex doll whom he dresses daily.
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5. Lauren
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Several testimonials from people who have been on the show indicate that TLC edited the film to make them appear stranger and more afflicted by their addictions than they are. Lauren, who appeared on My Strange Addiction in 2009 for her "furry" fetish, said in a Reddit AMA that "it was bizarre."
6. Sheyla Hershey
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Sheyla Hershey, a Brazilian model, is well-known for her addiction to breast implants. After a car accident, she acquired a life-threatening illness in her size triple-K chest due to ruptures in her size triple-K breast implants. Hershey devastated her husband and two children when, after having the implants (as well as much of her breast tissue) removed to save her from the hazardous illness, she attempted suicide and fell into a coma.
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7.Mike Dow
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The most disturbing of these is detailed in an American Council on Science and Health article, which uncovered one such appearance Dow made on Oz's show. The episode in question focused on how specific foods strong in GABA and tryptophan (a precursor to serotonin) can alleviate anxiety in a "safer and simpler" manner than drugs.
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8.Additions
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Since the first episode of My Strange Addiction aired in 2010, the notion of utilizing addiction strange addiction as ratings grab has been divisive in the medical world. A detailed search will reveal how many doctors and other trained medical experts have weighed in on whether or not the show's actions are ethical. Not only that, but there is a substantial question regarding whether the show's subject matter is actual "addiction" at all.
9.Toby Sheldon
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Toby Sheldon was recognized on My Strange Addiction for being "obsessed with looking like Justin Bieber" — that is, he had undergone more than $100,000 in plastic surgery to appear more and more like the famous musician and former teen idol. At least six hair transplants, liposuction, lip lifts, fillers, fat injections, and other procedures were performed.
10. Trisha Paytas
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Trisha Paytas appeared in the pilot episode of My Strange Addiction in 2010. She had an extreme tanning addiction, which sparked her brilliant career of being professionally controversial. They have spent more time in the spotlight during the previous seven years, becoming entangled in scandal time and again.
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