This can include paint, dust, dirt and sponges.
She said: "There's no taste like it. I went to a therapist who told me to grind up wheat thins and eat those because it's a similar texture."I'm on medication to help manage it but I still get the cravings. I will go outside, get a cup full of dirt and just sit and chew on it."It's messed up my teeth, they've really deteriorated, and I've lost four.
Although her children have never seen her eating dirt, Elizabeth worries they will pick up on her habit as her youngest child, Bella, has started eating ash."I'm just thinking 'here we go again'. I eat dirt to cope with stress but Bella isn't in a stressful situation.Elizabeth's husband, Russel, 31, tried to get her to ditch the habit, but she hasn't been able to kick it yet.
"I just couldn't stop. I didn't tell anyone until I was 17 and my foster mum caught me and took me to a doctor."He wants me to stop because he's worried I'll have internal bleeding or something.Pica is an eating disorder that sparks long-term cravings for inedible objects.
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