Posted on 01/07/2020 4:46:40 AM PST by simpson96
A woman in the U.K. was secretly gorging on baby powder for 10 years before her ex-partner discovered the bizarre habit, which she is now seeking professional help for. Lisa Anderson, who said she has depression and anxiety and has been told she may be suffering from pica, is awaiting a formal diagnosis.
She said her symptoms first started after the birth of her fifth son 15 years ago.
Pica is an eating disorder that involves eating items not typically considered food and that have no nutritional value.(snip)
Anderson, 44, said she spends around $13 a week keeping up with her habit, which revolves around bottles of Johnson’s baby powder.
“I’ve always had it in the house and would douse myself with it after having a bath or shower,” she told British news agency SWNS. “I’d use it on the kids after giving them a wash no problem. And then one day I remember being in the bathroom and the smell was just overpowering. There was a bit of dust that had come off the top of the bottle. I had this sudden urge to eat it and I just couldn’t fight it. I just licked it off my hand and really enjoyed it. It just hit this spot.”
From there, Anderson claims her addiction snowballed to the point where she can’t go more than 30 minutes without it. To satisfy her craving in public, she chews on mints for relief, SWNS reported.
“The longest I’ve been without it is two days,” she told the news outlet. “That was the worst time of my life. I hated it.”
Her ex-partner barged in on her in the bathroom 10 years ago after growing suspicious of her behavior and convinced her to see a doctor
Obese tattooed attention whore.
She is obviously eating more than baby powder. The mentally ill are unusual.
WTF?!
Looks like she’s eaten a LOT of it!
I recall back in High School (?) some of the girls would brush their hair with baby powder instead of washing it that morning. One of the gals was pretty hot. Of course the memories of that smell changed once I had kids!
There was a girl in first grade that would eat the Elmer’s glue. “I really like horses. Glue is made from horses - did you know that? I love horses.” Even as a first-grader I knew to stay away from HER.
The math is not so even there. Fat makes up 15% and that is 87% lipid giving 15.66 oz per baby but it needs a bit of solvent to keep it liquid.
This is another result of getting rid of all the mental asylums. Sad.
“I thought pica was a font?”
Pica is a system of messurment, similar to inches or centimeters.
Fonts are measured in font size, the size = picas.
I have a pica pole (from my journalism days) on my desk...
“...not typically considered food and that have no nutritional value
“ex-partner” male or female?
Does she have an oral cancer or lung cancer yet?
Yep, I bet she is real proud of her tattoos. She loves showing them off to impress us.
picup andropov
I only eat organic baby powder.
Looks like she’s eaten A LOT OF BABY POWDER....................
Possibly causes ovarian cancer according to tv commercial.
I thought the article meant baby milk formula. But actual baby powder for dusting baby bottoms? Sheesh
In the USA, she would be rich suing Johnson and Johnson.
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