If someone eats their own ****, not because they're hungry, but for pleasure, what does it mean for them?

Question

They don't play with it, just eat it, and it's only theirs (i hope)

What is this symptomatic of?

Answer 1

They are sick and need help. If it is you or you know the person go to the doctor. It isn't healthy for one thing. There is something mentally going on.  

Answer 2

There's a fancy term for sh*t eating: Coprophagia.  When a human eats it for pleasure it's called: Coprophilia.  There's not necessarily something wrong with them, it could be just a fetish.  Try going into p**n, scat is surprisingly popular.

Answer 3

Well i'm no doctor (and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night) but I think there are two things at play here. One is a mental condition called Coprophagia. Coprophagia is often considered an abnormal sexual arousal disorder. In these cases the act of eating f***s is sexually stimulating to the person.

I've also heard of people who feel compelled to eat non-food items because of a chemical or mineral deficiency in the body, but in those cases the people are eating dirt or something similar.

Regardless of the reason, I think it's stating the obvious to say that eating poo is incredibly unhealthy. It contains numerous bacteria and germs, such as e-coli. Your friend should definitely seek help to stop this unhealthy and disgusting habit.

Answer 4

Psychotics do NOT often eat f***s.  Saying otherwise is plain old misinformation.

Coprophasia is extremely unhealthy - bacteria, ecoli, hard on internal organs, etc. It is more in the fetish arena if the person is otherwise completely together and mentally healthy.  OCD could be wrapped in there if there is a complusive need to it.

Answer 5

It could be a lot of things. Often people with psychosis will engage in that sort of behavior. But psychosis can present itself for any one of dozens of reasons. It could be anything from schizophrenia to bipolar to a brain tumor to a million other things.

The important thing is that you get this person some help, right now. Eating f***s, even your own, can cause serious infection and disease. It's really, really bad for you. So not only is this person not well mentally, but they are making themselves unwell physically.