Everyone in life has guilty pleasures, secrets, and addictions. It's normal.
However, whether they're healthy or unhealthy is another story.
Jennifer is a young woman who appeared on the show My Strange Addiction. While on the series, she finally shared with the world a secret she'd been hiding from almost everyone, besides her family.
Jennifer eats mattresses. Yes, the spongy, foamy, non-edible mattresses we lie on at night. She said it all started when she was just 5 years old and tried a piece of the foam from her car seat.
Clearly, the taste and sensation she felt when she was child spiraled into an unhealthy addiction. She said she has consumed eight beds since her addiction began, being that she eats about one square foot of mattress every single day.
Though Jennifer claims that the only side effect is gas, the show sets her up with a doctor to find out the truth. The heartbreaking reveal is that, if she continues consuming mattresses, she will one day have a hole in her intestines or bowel problems that could leave her close to death.
Jennifer quickly admitted that she was scared enough to make a change, rather than sink back into her habits.
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