14 DAY TRIAL // A new TLC My Strange Addiction episode stars a 27-year-old man named Kevin who simply adores walking around in orthopedic body casts even though he has no broken bones and, therefore, does not need to have his limbs covered in bandages.
The man says that the reason he is so obsessed with body casts is that he loves the way they feel against his skin. Besides, he claims that he gets a rush similar to no other he has so far experienced when putting them on.
“It gives me this high that I just can't really get any other way,” the 27-year-old man from Chicago, US, insists. “My blood starts pumping and I get really nervous. It's just a rush,” Kevin further explains this bizarre obsession of his.
It all started when he was just a child
Most 6-year-old kids like to run around chasing after a ball or, in this day and age, stay at home playing computer games. When he was 6, Kevin loved nothing more than to sneak into the bathroom and wrap his legs in toilet paper.
His passion for body bandages seriously escalated a few years later, when he was 12, DM tells us. The man says that, at this age, he broke one of his arms while roller-blading. Naturally, doctors put his injured limb in a cast for several weeks.
Kevin says that, while wearing this first cast, he got loads of attention from his parents and other family members. Hence, he grew quite fond of the bandage he had to wear while his arm was recovering from the roller-blading injuries.
His casts still get him a whole lot of attention
Apart from giving him that mind-boggling rush that Kevin claims he feels when putting them on and wearing them, the man's body casts still double as attention-grabbers. Thus, Kevin says that, whenever he walks into a bar, women approach him and ask him about his injuries.
Not at all surprisingly, most of these ladies lose interest and some even walk away in quite a hurry when learning that the only reason the 27-year-old wears body casts is that he is absolutely and irrevocably obsessed with them and how they feel against his skin.
Over the years, Kevin has tried on not just arm or leg casts but also full body bandages. Judging by how passionate he is about them, chances are that he won't give up on this hobby anytime soon, despite the fact that this obsession of his has so far cost him $50,000 (around €43,000).