SHOCKING-GIRL ADDICTED TO DETERGENT AND SOAP EATING

This story should tell those who wish to pass through the Charlyboy’s college on  the destructive effect of addiction, be it drugs or anything else. This is simply because it is difficult to fight a habit than to copy it. Don’t get addicted to negative things that will destroy your life.

A rare medical condition has left Tempestt Henderson, from Florida, eating up to five bars of soap a week – and washing powder too.


‘I always knew I loved the smell of washing detergent,’ she explained.

I remember the brand my Mum always used to use – I remember the smell vividly, it was the smell of her cardigan when she hugged me, and the smell of my bed sheets as a child.

‘I used to love smelling the powder, but when life got so stressful I found only eating the soap would help.

‘It is an addiction, I can’t stop, and I have sought the help of a doctor who specialises in addiction. The doctor told me I must empty my house of all washing detergent and soap, anything that triggers my addiction.’

When she was younger

Psychologists have said that Tempestt most likely turned to soap eating as a comforting coping mechanism when she found herself away from her family.

‘We use liquid at home now,’ she said, ‘and for some reason I’ve got no need to eat that.’

The doctor gave Tempestt intensive Cognitive-behavioral therapy, or CBT, to give her replacement thoughts that will prevent her from compulsively reaching for soap.

‘I’m learning to think about positive things when I feel I need to eat soap,’ she said.

What will become of Tempestt in the next three years? What about you? What are you negatively attached to, that you can't let go? Just send a mail to Charlyboy @ yarnwithcharlyboy@yahoo.com