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Jun 03, 2024, 03:43 PM
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This woman I know was faking dying and faked a whole bunch of medical condtions and needed all these unecessary surgeries and procedures. She finally got busted and a PI got involved and proved she was a scammer.
I don't get why people want to be sick and have surgeries and stuff. I'm having issues that I wish I didn't have. I asked my pdoc to raise my meds hoping it WAS just anxiety because it truly does suck living with this thing.
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Jun 03, 2024, 04:39 PM
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I imagine its mostly for attention and sympathy.
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Jun 04, 2024, 04:39 AM
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Attention. Or excuses to get out of things. Or get whatever benefit from whatever source.
We have someone at work who faked illnesses but then argued she never said it when people questioned her |
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Jun 04, 2024, 06:57 AM
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It’s a really complex thing I think. I’d guess it’s often attention, sometimes there may be monetary gain, or maybe they really are convinced there’s something wrong with them.
On the flip side I knew someone who was very sick with a few conditions and someone else (who I suspect had big issues of their own) decided they’d accuse them of being a faker. It was truly horrific the impact they had. And words are like toothpaste, you can’t get them back into the tube. So I’d be very careful around these matters myself. |
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Jun 04, 2024, 01:41 PM
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Darn, I wish I could only imagine it. I think some do it for obvious reasons: to avoid work or a touch of agoraphobia, and don't want to go out. I agree some probably do it for attention. They may be a hypochondriac. People should be careful about this for the same reason as the little boy who cried wolf. One day, they may get sick and be brushed aside. My question is, why do most people do anything? It isn't easy to fathom, but it happens.
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Jun 06, 2024, 05:39 AM
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Maybe that's the one way they feel they will be cared about?
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Jun 16, 2024, 01:35 AM
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When I've had acute anxiety or panic attacks over the last 15 years and it overwhelms me and my hands and body tremor sometimes I get the feeling that mental health professionals don't really believe that I'm going thru what they're seeing and I'm faking most of it. That's how much I believe in the mental health system after spending 35 years of being stuck in it. I can tell these people don't care.
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Jun 16, 2024, 03:17 PM
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Jun 18, 2024, 05:39 AM
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Could be a case of the old Munchausen syndrome. Very well documented.
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Jun 29, 2024, 10:24 AM
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Now someone created this tik tok page and put all her videos on it and they are calling her out on her attention seeking illness faking behavior. And how she is scaming people and sending death threats and stuff.
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Jun 29, 2024, 12:07 PM
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People lie about being sick because they are idgits, not a misspelling though I am having to fight my spell-checking software over it. They should come and put my pants on for a day.
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Jun 29, 2024, 06:21 PM
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Yes, I agree with mote.of.soul : It could be Munchausen syndrome.
Or perhaps factitious disorder. |
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