Addictions are a chronic behavior posed by many in the world today. The consequences and negative impacts of addictions are as dangerous as death. Even though while talking about addictions we consider smoking, Alcoholism or drag but in reality there are more weird and strange addictions that prevail in the world. Let us know about the top 10 strange addictions.

10. Shopping

Shopping is tremendous addiction that never loses control on you. Once in a while of shopping is necessary but few falls in the grip of this addiction and keep on spending huge bucks. The addiction does not waste money but also keep your other essentials pending due to wastage of money. A compulsive shopper can almost ruin his bank balance and property simply by buying unnecessary things.

9. Tanning

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Tanning is very common among beach lovers. But excessive and compulsive Tanning can have disastrous effects on your health. Few become Tanning addict and spend hours on beach to tan the skin only to increase the possibility of Skin Cancer. Over exposure of skin to Sun, drastically enhance the chance of cancer. So, it is best when practiced in control.

8. Exercise

Exercise is advisable to everyone. But obsession of losing calories attracts people to make it an addiction. Over exercise does not only harm the social and professional life but also impacts the health. Sometimes people skip meeting people and work just to do exercise and that hampers their life. Some even continue to exercise till they get injured and interestingly they continue even after that.

7. Ice Chewing

Ice Chewing is mainly a habit that grows due to iron deficiency in the body. Apparently some take it more seriously and gets addict to it. The addiction gives a peculiar disease called Pagophagia. This is disease in which people eat lot of items that are classified under non food with no nutrition content. Excessive chewing of ice gives obsessive compulsive disorder and stress.

6. Cosmetic Surgery

The trend of cosmetic surgery most commonly in women has shown a significant growth in recent times. Most common cosmetic surgeries are done on nose and breast. This addiction comes from a interesting Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). The BDD compels you to do many surgeries and impact your life in number of ways. Anxiety, introvert, isolation are main symptoms of this addiction.

5. Hair Pulling

Some people just love to pull their hair. But over performance of this act develops addiction which leads to a psychological condition called trichotillomania. Out of this some people pull their hairs from scalp and even from eye leads. This results in baldness and patches. Over doing it may also result in Impulsive Control Disorders.

4. Tattoos

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Body art and Tattoos have become fashion for many youth. But obsessive tattoo addictions lead to piercing or cutting of body. The addiction becomes so impulsive that people end up in hurting themselves. It is widely seen that people with such compulsive behavior have bipolar disorders.

3. Dirt Eating

This is another common and drastic addiction that could cause large health problems. This is mainly seen among children. The addiction is commonly called as Geophagia. Geophagia is a habit of eating geographic materials which are not listed among food items. This could impact the health very badly and even deaths have been reported for the same.

2.  Video Game

This is one of the addictions which could derail your life from right track. Everybody loves to play video games. But obsession could finish your social life, hamper your studies and professional work and affect your eye sights. Anxiety is another that is often noticed among the addict gamers.

1 Internet

It is more of necessity than addiction in present world. But people mostly take it another level of compulsion. There are instances when people spend almost 20 hours a day on internet. The most common issue of the addiction is lack of sleep and people completely overlook the daily routine. This addiction affects the eyes badly and also generates depression, anxiety, headache and many more negative impacts.

 

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