Discussion I used to eat paper.

[CFLoser]

I just remembered that for some reason.

Did anyone else here eat paper?? I always thought it tasted good.

 

[Johnnythefox]

I did as a kid, but my mother would tell me not to do it as my shit would come out wrapped up.

 

[Pentobartbital]

Oddly enough, I would chew on the remains of perforated ruled notebook paper in secondary school, the tiny pieces that would collect in the spiral binding of said notebook. It tasted like Pumpkin Pie.

 

[ShadowOfTheDay]

I just remembered that for some reason.

Did anyone else here eat paper?? I always thought it tasted good.

I did. It always came out the other end as a Danielle Steel novel.

 

[brighter]

I did as a kid, but my mother would tell me not to do it as my shit would come out wrapped up.

THERE ARE NO WORDS JOHNNY NONE WHATSOVER
:DDDDDD

 

[Minudah]

When I was little people would bring these things to sports games, I think called "paper candy" or something, which was hard candy stuck to a piece of paper that you had to get off the paper to eat. I couldn't get the candy off without taking paper off, so I ended up eating the paper and the candy. That candy wasn't worth it, it sucked, but I was a kid and kids will do anything for candy even if it's bad.

The only thing I remember trying to eat that wasn't food and didn't have food on it was pencil eraser shavings

 

[sólstafir]

I've never told it to anyone, but your thread made me think of these times when I walked kilometres during dark hours just to collect stones to eat them later. Felt like I was doing something illegal, I was so embarrassed of it, but I don't care at all anymore. I had a serious addiction for few months at least. Not usual stones that you can't swallow, but soft stones made of grout and cement (?) or something that melt in your mouth. Now I'm reading that I had a psychological disorder Pica. Eating paper is also one form of that disorder if it happens longer than one month. I also ate a lot of snow and ice at some point. I'm glad it happened more than 10 years ago and I don't feel the urges anymore, I find it quite disgusting now.
Pica is a psychological disorder characterized by an appetite for substances that are largely non-nutritive, such as ice (pagophagia); hair (trighophagia); paper (xylophagia); drywall or paint; metal (metallophagia); stones (lithophagia) or soil (geophagia); glass (hyalophagia); feces (coprophagia); and chalk.

 

[Soon4me]

I did as a kid, but my mother would tell me not to do it as my shit would come out wrapped up.

LOL

 

[DepressionsAHo]

I just remembered that for some reason.

Did anyone else here eat paper?? I always thought it tasted good.

No. I was a rock person. I'd smash em in my teeth

 

[21Neberg]

I just remembered that for some reason.

Did anyone else here eat paper?? I always thought it tasted good.

Nah I went straight to cutting lol.

 

[Exile]

In my late teens I used to burn newspapers for no reason - but was never a paper eater. I had a friend who did, though.

 

[Jc40]

In my late teens I used to burn newspapers for no reason - but was never a paper eater. I had a friend who did, though.

I used to burn things too. I've never swallow paper, only ate wee bits scrunched up, I used to spit it out. Brings back memories

 

[Made4TV]

I used to like to chew on paper as a kid but don't remember swallowing.

 

[ScottPilgram]

I ate paper, playdo, match heads, cardboard, styraphome, and more unusual shit. I thinkt he matchheads and styraphome were my faveorite strange things to eat when I was younger.

 

[Meretlein]

I used to eat paper in elementary school. I got some of my classmates into it too.

 

[Numbtopain97]

I used to do this too cause we weren't allowed gum in primary school. I'd chew up bits of paper, but usually spit it out.

 

[ArtsyDrawer]

I did as a kid, but my mother would tell me not to do it as my shit would come out wrapped up.

Are you for real?

When I was a kid there was a very certain brand of toffee that was either made from the stickiest material known to man, or the wrapping of it was shit.
I wouldn't eat paper directly, but it was a side dish.
Nowadays I sometimes chew on bus tickets. I roll them into a tight stick or fold them into a small, but thick triangle, and chew on about half of it gently.
Feels kind of like a mouth massage. I don't swallow, though.

 

[Johnnythefox]

Are you for real?

Last time I checked, I seemed real enough, or maybe I imagined it.

 

[stellabelle]

I have before.
They made candy paper years ago that tasted like absolute trash.

 

[Maravillosa]

Yes, I ate paper regularly from when I was in the third or fourth grade up to a couple of years ago. My favorite paper was paper napkins (not from fast-food restaurants, but higher-quality paper napkins). I did it largely out of nervousness, but also because I wanted to eat something without calories. I am overweight and often eat when I feel anxious or depressed. I also regularly swallowed chewing gum — my mom told me that her mother had said that chewing gum would stick to one's guts.

Oddly enough, I would chew on the remains of perforated ruled notebook paper in secondary school, the tiny pieces that would collect in the spiral binding of said notebook. It tasted like Pumpkin Pie.

I also chewed and swallowed those tiny pieces of paper!

 

[Disintegration]

Totally ate paper. Trying to eat the graphite from my pencil was a mistake though, I still shudder from the thought of that taste.

 

[puppy9]

Same LOL!
Used to eat cloth and thread too.
It sounds dumb, but I put it way behind now.

 

[Sweet emotion]

When I was little people would bring these things to sports games, I think called "paper candy" or something, which was hard candy stuck to a piece of paper that you had to get off the paper to eat. I couldn't get the candy off without taking paper off, so I ended up eating the paper and the candy. That candy wasn't worth it, it sucked, but I was a kid and kids will do anything for candy even if it's bad.

The only thing I remember trying to eat that wasn't food and didn't have food on it was pencil eraser shavings

I never understood those candies. They were the size of a pea and didn't even taste good or fill you up. Yeah I remember them they were yellow blue and pink.