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Originally Posted by Cstultz
Thank you for your thoughtful response. My treatment team doesn't have experience with dissociative disorder. That's why I asked on here. I'm in the process of finding a new therapist that is experienced in facticious disorder. (Not ficticious disorder). I never thought I had a dissociative disorder. But there are things I deal with that cause me to question how facticious disorder and a dissociative disorder could co-exist.
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yes I am talking about the same disorders you are talking about (factitious disorder)
you can find it spelled correctly as "factitious disorder" in the DSM 5 TR on multiple pages. you will find much of the information on page 367.
as for your question "facticious disorder and a dissociative disorder could co-exist"
they do not "co exist". having factitious disorders, factitious symptoms, problems and behaviors says a person does .....not.... have the disorder they are portraying. thats what factitious means. a person does not have the problems, symptoms and behaviors of another disorder, they are for what ever reasons showing and taking on symptoms, problems and behaviors that do not have those disorders.
heres a popular medical situation many people can identify with...
sometimes a woman is pregnant, and their spouses will have "fake pregnancy symptoms" for either attention or sympathizing with the person who is really pregnant.
works the same way with mental illnesses. sometimes for whatever reasons a person will fake, pretend, take on mental illness symptoms, problems and behaviors when they do ......not..... actually have those disorders. some can be rather convincing as evidence by the many scams you hear about in the news.
the APA (American Psychiatric Association) has labeled this problem where people will fake, pretend, take on mental illness symptoms, problems and behaviors that they do not have. The label for this is called Factitious Disorders imposed on self.
when another person causes someone else to fake, pretend, take on mental illness symptoms, problems and behaviors its called Factitious disorder imposed on another. some people know this better as the label Munchausen, and other terms like it.
bottom line Factitious disorder stands alone. it says a person does not have dissociative disorders. that they are pretending/ faking. or taking on another's problems as their own.
your treatment providers can explain it more clearly to you since you are diagnosed with factitious disorder.