People who eat glass, hoard trash, or reshape their bodies to resemble something else describe the compulsion in their own words, and psychologists sit down to explain what is actually happening in each case. One episode follows Justin, Venus, and Emily, three subjects pursuing the same goal of looking like living dolls, using makeup, surgery, and rigid routines to erase anything that reads as human. Each segment follows a similar structure: home footage of the behavior itself, interviews with family members who are often alarmed or estranged, and a clinician who offers a diagnosis and a path toward treatment. The show does not rank the addictions by severity, treating a woman who eats couch cushions with the same seriousness as one recovering from substance abuse, and it lets the subjects speak plainly about shame, secrecy, and the relief the behavior provides even as it damages their health and relationships. The series has run for multiple seasons on TLC, each episode built around two or three case studies presented side by side.