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My Strange Addiction
- TLC
- Genre: Reality TV
Common Sense Media says
OCD docuseries is more voyeuristic than informative.
Parents say
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this series features people struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorders. The frequent scenes showing them engage in this behavior, or the wounds that occur as a result, may be disturbing to young and/or sensitive viewers. Limited information is offered about the cause and/or cure of these behaviors.
What's the story?
MY STRANGE ADDICTION tells the stories of people who are struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorders. Cameras follow as they engage in addictive behavior like eating toilet paper, sleeping with their blow dryers, and extreme exercising. First-time meetings with psychological experts are also featured.
Is it any good?
The series takes a superficial look at some people’s disturbing and dangerous obsessions that have the potential to mutilate their bodies and/or potentially kill them. It also features conversations with concerned friends and family members who mean well, but are unable to offer the support needed to curb their behavior.
Brief interviews and meetings with therapists reveal the importance of dealing with compulsive behaviors, but the series doesn’t offer a lot of detail about the actual compulsions or what leads to them. As a result, the images of people engaging in these behaviors seem more voyeuristic than educational.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about obsessive-compulsive disorder. What do you know about these kinds of addictive behaviors? If you or someone you know seems to engage in these kind of behaviors, where can you go to get help?
When do images intended to shed light on a person’s symptoms or behavior become too much? What is the difference between being informative and being voyeuristic?
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Okay Show
I dont really like this show, but it is fine for preteens
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okay for kids 13 and older
this isnt bad for kids thirteen and older. i think its amazing actually. honestly the time is changing and younger generations are maturing faster so everything we wouldnt watch when we were 15 because they were too sexual or showed too much drug use, is okay to watch now at 13
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good for teens and up
this is a interesting show with some weird things like people who eat tolite paper. or something not as weird like vantriliquizum.
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It shows people doing bad and werid thing like eatting toliet paper or sleeping with a blow dryer but is very good
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Kid, 12 years old
January 24, 2011
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Good for tweens and older but not appropiate for anyone younger
I love it but there is some people who switched addiction from drugs to bodybuilding. I new one that is coming out on January 26th is about a guy who's girlfriend is a manican. The commercial quote was "This is going to be an awesome $#<."
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Freak Show
This is the modern equivalent of a freak show. It was wrong then, and it is wrong now. This is disgusting.
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Kid, 11 years old
December 13, 2011
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Pretty interesting and a little gross
I watched one where a lady had super- long fingernails and that's kind of gross, but there is much worse. Fine for 11+!
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Good show for preteens and older
I've seen some episodes of this show and it's pretty good. It has mostly tame content for kids, and has positive messages about helping others and not being afraid to seek help when you really need it. OK for kids 11+. Violence: Some images of injuries from people's addictions, but nothing excessively graphic. Sex: One episode shows a woman with an addiction to having her breasts inlarged, and a doctor checks them. But no nudity is shown. Some of the people on the show were said to have been victims of sexual abuse. Drinking: Some episodes apparently show people developing addictions via drug use.
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| TV rating: | TV-PG |
| Network: | TLC |
| Genre: | Reality TV |
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