To the lady in the article this looks like a smorgasbord!
Posted on 03/18/2016 9:11:39 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A mother-of-one who developed cravings for sponge during her pregnancy has spoken out about her unusual addiction to foam.
Vicky Cullen, 28, not only eats the padding in her own armchair but buys washing-up sponges to snack on and likes to add foam to her recipes when cooking.
The single mother from Wakefield, South Yorkshire, estimated she has eaten her way through 2000 sponges since she developed the obsession when she was five-months pregnant with her daughter Olivia, now five.
Vicky, who has been diagnosed with pica, an eating disorder which means adults ingest non-nutritive substances, said: 'It's weird to tell people I have eaten a sofa chair and to hide their foam cushions when I visit.
'I've only just started revealing the extent of my cravings to friends and family because of a commitment to help make people more aware of the problem.'
Vicky's mainly snacks on a large armchair in her living room: 'It's a single yellow and white-coloured chair and I particularly like jam or Nutella on the foam pieces. In the morning I like to dip them in orange juice.'
She said: I have tried the foam in shoulder pads and bras but it doesn't beat the foam in my particular chair.
Vicky's cravings began in May 2011, when she was five months pregnant.
She said: 'Most women experience weird food cravings during pregnancy and often well after giving birth.
'My friends have told me how they craved pickles and honey or tuna and ice-cream. But not me, I have been shoving foam and sponge into my mouth for the past five years since the cravings started midway through my pregnancy.
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s SUPER DANG!
I have this problem too, but it’s for the still beating hearts of my enemies.
Full title:
Mother can’t stop eating her ARMCHAIR due to bizarre addiction that makes her crave foam (and washing-up sponges slathered in toppings are her favourite snack)
FOAM????
Maybe she should party with Marco Rubio or is “her kind” not allowed in the kind of “foam parties” that Marco is allowed into?
Mrs. Cullen, allow me to introduce you to Senator Marco Rubio of Florida.
To the lady in the article this looks like a smorgasbord!
Last night I dreamed I was enjoying a big marshmallow, and this morning half my pillow was gone.
Mwahaha, twisted minds think alike!
wait till Michelle Obama gets hold of her...
she’ll be eating school food...
:)
Foam?
Not another Rubio thread.
This is actually a real mental thing, probably. I recall reading stories about this years ago on FR.
I doubt anyone develops something like this in the places where actual starvation or even severe malnutrition regularly occurs.
Freegards
We had a dog who did that
Well Well Well... we were wondering why Hillary keeps coughing so much!
ya know when I first read the title I did think it said she ate her own ARMHAIR
that’s why I opened the article to read it..
I thought she had a lot of arm hair...
enough for a meal...
:)
Pica is an eating disorder typically defined as the persistent ingestion of nonnutritive substances for at least 1 month at an age for which this behavior is developmentally inappropriate. It may be benign or may have life-threatening consequences.
f pica is suspected, a medical evaluation is important to assess for possible anemia, intestinal blockages, or potential toxicity from ingested substances.
In addition, it can also lead to surgical emergencies due to an intestinal obstruction as well as more subtle symptoms such as nutritional deficiencies and parasitosis.
Pica has been linked to other mental and emotional disorders. Stressors such as emotional trauma, maternal deprivation, family issues, parental neglect, pregnancy
She already *is* eating The Mooch school lunch!
Marco Rubio had that bizarre addiction to foam too.
OMG Yaelle this has to be the funniest thread ever!!!!
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