News of Factitious Disorders

I am a teacher for special needs students. At the end of last school year I was pressured to take unpaid medical leave, and felt the reason I was discarded so easily was because I didn't like the type of therapy they were using for my child (very long story). I was very polite about it, and said I would continue the therapy, blah blah, but the administrator was super cold to me anyway.

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i have a close relative ,who cannot stop lying,not little white lies but great big lies
cancer for 2 years,blackmail,pregnant with twins,law degree,meningitis,pneumonia,broken back
the list goes on and has been getting steadily worse for 10 years
outwardly she seems like a 100% normal person
but these lies are very hurtful to my parents and there always seems to be a financial element which is a massive burden on my parents too
I would ...

I don't have Munchausen, but I wish I did. The only problem I has is that nothing I do goes far enough. I desperately crave attention and sympathy, and whatever's wrong with me to be serious enough to need help. I'd love to fake illnesses and get attention, but I'd much rather just have the illness itself. I don't have the courage to fake it and go through with the fantasy, I guess. I would ...

Hi I am Karen,

I am new to the group. I seriously think my 26 year old daughter has Munchhausen's and I think she's on the brink of getting dangerous to herself & possibly her daughter. She lies about everything & It seems as if she is narcissistic too. Me & her just had a big row. She has been living with me and I am just starting to realize that she may have some ...

Hello, I am not very good at writing so if I say something that doesn't make much sense i will try and elaborate . but I think I might have a problem because for reasons I can't explain I lie to people all the time sometimes just small lies such as telling people I don't like a certain flavour I have also told people I am allergic to nuts and a lot of other things ...

My name is Serene and I think I have this disorder. The first time I started faking sick was when I was 6 years old I was sitting by my mother with my legs crossed the wrong way. I felt a pain for a couple of seconds but it went away when I fixed my legs. Though the pain was gone I still cried to my mother telling her my leg felt horrible and that ...

I don't really think that I have Munchausen. But the things is, I seem to love the idea of being sick and suffer from some sort of diseases and being hospitalized (and IV drip!). I never fake any illnesses or being hospitalized. I rarely get sick and always in a healthy condition.
Every night before sleep, I'd fantasizing and imagining I'm in a hospital, getting all sorts of treatments and tests, hoping that will actually ...

My mother has enjoyed exuberant health her entire life, though to hear her talk that's not the case. She has always exxagerated any pain or slight condition she might have - except the REAL ones. Let me give an example or two:

All my life, she's told me that she has "weak lungs and poor circulation." (Neither of these self diagnoses has any bearing in fact whatsoever, but can be used to justify occasional drama). ...

I'm female, 19, a chef, vary large, quite tall, generally very friendly and talkative, I like to talk to and help other people and always have. I think I have factitious disorder. I didn't even know it was a real thing until yesterday and I intend to go to my doctor about it, but I think that I have factitious disorder.

I faked DID and fainting for about 9 months, starting roughly 18 months ago. ...

I don't really understand what it is but sometimes I feel as though I might fit into the category...

I don't fake illnesses, though I sometimes feel like they are fake, if you know what I mean. I see psychiatrists for depression, convinced that I have either Bipolar or BPD, and Dissociative Identity Disorder. Psychiatrists have repeatedly told me that I don't have bipolar, but I am still utterly convinced that I do. When they ...