Season 2 of the documentary series My Strange Addiction (2010) explores the unusual compulsive addictions and behaviors of individuals and the way in which they significantly impact their lives. YLC ...

A few weeks ago, I contemplated ingesting pills filled with “organic, free-range” cat hair. Ultimately, I decided against taking the pills for fear of the havoc the hair might have had on my digestive ...

Today’s post is the first of a three-part series looking at some of the stranger addictions that have been written about in the academic literature (or by academics who have tried to argue that these ...

From a show that probes the edges of human behaviour to one that reimagines history on a grand scale, there's variety in escapism with this week's streaming options. Here are the titles worth your ...

When you think about addiction, your mind probably jumps to the usual suspects: alcohol, drugs, gambling, or cigarettes. But the human brain’s capacity for developing compulsive behaviors extends far ...