Therapists of Reddit. What was your, you must be kidding me moment? Some of these are gross.

Doctor I used to work with told me about a woman who tried to kill herself, so they put her in a

safe room. She then proceeded to try an overdose on water, which he told me as possible, but really

hard to do. A client was going to probate court and thought he'd dress up by putting a non-slip

sock on his collar as a tie.

Trying to be supportive, I told him, nice tie, to which he replied, it's not a tie,

it's a sock, stupid.

One client of mine bites and eats his fingernails.

Gross, but not unheard of. Then I learned and eats his fingernails. Gross, but not unheard of.

Then I learned he stores his fingernails in a box in his room to save them for a snack later.

A little grosser, but he's about nine, so I'm hoping he will grow out of it.

What finally made me want to vomit was learning that when anyone in his family clips their nails,

fingers or toes, they give him the clippings to add to his box. So when he's eating nails

from the box, they could belong to his mother, father, or siblings. Yes, I've addressed the

parents about enabling this behavior, but it is still happening. Edit, thank you for all your concerns for my client.

I'm aware that it seems like PICA or some sort of nutrition deficiency,

and for all I know, it could be.

I'm a behavioral therapist and not qualified to professionally recommend medical treatments

to the family.

I do know his parents have taken him to several doctors for multiple different tests for

disorders, so this could have been addressed, and they just chose not to disclose the information to me.

I used to work with children that have autism and down syndrome, which means a lot of play therapy.

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