News of Munchausen Syndrome Forum

Hey.. Just wondering about people here who were diagnosed with Factitious Disorder (Either Imposed on one's self or on another (aka. by proxy)). Were you really abused or neglected during your childhood or teenage years (or even adulthood) by your parents/caregiver/ brothers/ friends/ partner...etc? Or were you ignored by others and felt invisible? Or maybe none of those? Do you think there's a history behind your illness?

Thank you

I tell people that I hear voices and see things that aren't there even though I don't. I made them believe I was psychotic the other day so I was sent to a doc who admitted me (the next day I was discharged though). I don't understand why I'm doing this and I'm too ashamed to tell anyone that I'm faking.

Anyone else who feels like this? I don't know where else to turn and ...

help me. I can't say what jm doing incase I get cought. but please please can someone pm me. I need ideas ans help to get out of this situation. Ive had MsyndRome since childhood. I've managed to keep this Inside and ended everything soon online.

but now it's real. Please someone pm me to come up wirh ideas to end this before I go for my next set of tests please

Having Munchausen is just not worth it. Do you want to be escorted out of the hospital by security while all the nurses, doctors, and mental health professionals look at you? I don’t know about you but I’d look like a complete fool. For what? Just some medical attention which double your odds at getting caught.

You better be a damn good liar. Inconsistency only increases your paranoia at getting caught. So what if you ...

Am I pretending to have the munchies?

I don't want the attention really badly. I don't care about the medical attention, I'm pretending to have munchausen and I can't get it right just like a lot of other mental illnesses I've simulated. That's me pretending to have Munchausen in a half ass attempt.

It could be the incoming of Munchies for real though.

When I’ve simulated illness in the past, I can't get it right ...

Am I pretending to have munchies?

I don't want the attention really badly. Once I start lying, I'm afraid I'm going to get caught in the ER intake process. I want people off my back. I don't care about the medical attention, I just don't want to get caught and once everyone lets me through, I'm relieved everyone is gone and that I made it. I'm pretending to have munchausen and I can't do it ...

I believe my daughter in law has Munchausen. She has multiple trips to the ER over four different states, all the classic symptoms, abdominal pains, migraines, etc. as far as physical aliments. Sometimes she will go to the ER four times in one week. Some of my son's friends,(in the recent past) mentioned they thought his wife might be a hypochondriac. However, something deep inside me knows, she knows that her illness are fabricated. She ...

It was such a relief to find this forum.I think I have munchausen for most of my life and just thinking of all the things that I have done to my body makes my toes curl.
Is it a coping mechanism or a cry for help ?
One thing for certain its that dark place in my mind that is the most feared place to be
It can override physical pain.
One thing I have ...

Recently it has come to the attention of my wife and I that my ex wife and mother of my son is faking her pregnancy. I am very concerned about the state of her mental stability and in turn the well being of my son. She has a history of compulsively lying, faking illnesses and even lying about the health of my son (for example, she claimed he had rsv after I told her my ...

or are you just faking it for emotional support online?