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I have an addiction to eating skin... Am I a Weirdo??

Ok, please don't judge me for this. Ever since I was a kid I always had a strange obsession with tasting everything I could. I put everything in my mouth...Rocks, mud, flowers, toys, glass and toys. But above all, my favourite has always been skin. I don't just mean flakes, I mean small strips of skin. The bad thing is that I like my own the most, and sometimes cut a thin strip of skin from one of my extremities and place it on my tongue to savour the taste. One time my friend was sunburnt and when his skin was peeling after the initial burn, I peeled some from his back and put it in my pocket to try later, under the guise of doing it for fun.
It's gotten out of hand, and I have jars of my own skin under my bed in an attempt to mature them and produce a variety of flavours. I've been seeing a psychologist about this and i am understanding the underlying roots of this behaviour but I want to get a genuine public view of this.

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New_Frontiers

I think my nightly alarm clock just went off.

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Kieranisda1

Original post by humanferbie

ok, please don't judge me for this. Ever since i was a kid i always had a strange obsession with tasting everything i could. I put everything in my mouth...rocks, mud, flowers, toys, glass and toys. But above all, my favourite has always been skin. I don't just mean flakes, i mean small strips of skin. The bad thing is that i like my own the most, and sometimes cut a thin strip of skin from one of my extremities and place it on my tongue to savour the taste. One time my friend was sunburnt and when his skin was peeling after the initial burn, i peeled some from his back and put it in my pocket to try later, under the guise of doing it for fun.
It's gotten out of hand, and i have jars of my own skin under my bed in an attempt to mature them and produce a variety of flavours. I've been seeing a psychologist about this and i am understanding the underlying roots of this behaviour but i want to get a genuine public view of this.