Lately I’ve aquired a taste for my own blood (from scabs) as well as all that bulky skin from the bottom on my big toes. I like to chew/play with it in my mouth. Am I a Canibal? Do I have problems that should be addressed?
You almost certainly have a vitamin deficiency, most likely an iron deficiency. Take vitamins for a week, see if you stop doing it.
Eating odd things like chalk and charcoal (and scabs and dead skin) is called “pica” and is a symptom of anemia.
do you bite your nails?
DDG, don’t be so certain. autophagy, or eating of oneself does not have such a high correlation with iron deficiency as eating of clay. It may have a higher association with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Also, blood just tastes good.