News of Munchausen by Proxy

As I have previously outlined, 3 years ago now, my (now) husband got custody of his two kids and they all moved into my home. Behavioural issues with the step-daughter, now 16, have been constant and escalating. Because of this, she was placed in an inpatient psych ward for kids for 2 weeks a few months ago for testing and observation. From this, she was diagnosed with Attachment Disorder.

We of course never heard of ...

I see some improvements because she is trying to learn boundaries. But that doesn't change how she made me pass out in a Spanish-speaking foreign country I visited 9 years ago to be deliberately vague. Of course, I'm on a private computer where nobody knows all my screen names. I know how to keep myself safe. My passwords are all so complicated that it is really hard to hack into my stuff. I am going ...

Upon putting myself into therapy for suicidal ideation, it was quickly identified that my mother was the root cause of my self-loathing due to emotional abuse. Yet after a lot of growth, I hit a plateau where I still blamed myself for everything, never felt good enough, and was drawn to a dangerous person who I couldn’t seem to stop thinking about. I was incredibly frustrated because I couldn’t understand why I was still struggling ...

Last month my wife just out of the blue abandoned me and my two kids. She was their step-mom. They are 7 and 9 years old. She had been in their lives since 5 months and 2 years old. In the very beginning of our relationship my wife convinced me to quickly leave and divorce my ex-wife. She convinced me that my ex-wife was an unfit mother, and then quickly convinced me that my baby ...

I'm an adult now, but as a child and teen my mother was a textbook Munchausen by Proxy caregiver, and, feigned mental illness instead of physical illness. Was hoping to hear from others whose MPB caregivers pretended that their children had a mental disorder.

I was always a particularly healthy child, while my siblings would get lice and the chicken pox- by some miracle- even when I was exposed the vast majority of the time ...

Hi there, I'm newer to this forum and like some of you I'm trying to understand and connect more to the past. Did anyone find that your mom was so good at manipulating that she convinced you that you had no idea of anything? Do you have a tough time having your own opinions, constant fighting in your own head? My mom was so good at convincing me that she knew everything and I knew ...

I'm finally wondering if the medical events in my life were due to Munchausen by proxy. My mother had psychopathic tendencies, so I never really looked beyond the psychopathic part, but now I'm wondering - mostly for my own sanity and health as I finally start to sort things out decades later.

Sorry for the book. This is actually an abbreviated version.

Pediatric doctor notes mentioned abuse (but as far as I know never reported ...

I'm writing about my mother having some variation or spectrum of Munchausen by Proxy Disorder (MPD). I say spectrum or variation because now the Psychology world is start to recognize that most psychiatric disorders do have a spectrum. While I'm not sure if my mom ever poisoned me, I did have early medical and psychological treatment, starting at the age of four.

The thing that I find confusing is, it's not that I didn't get ...

Hi, I am new to the board and found it while researching MBP. I'd like to tell my story as it has all come to ahead of late. I have touched on this briefly as a reply to another member.

My early years were the worst for my mother's behaviour. I am a twin and according to my Mother (I really cannot trust a lot of what she says) was a small, weak child with ...

There is some indication that a family member (adult male) may be being victimized (factitious disorder by proxy) by his wife, who is a physician (M.D., general family practice) and has a history of inappropriate diagnosis and treatment of her own daughter (who has now grown and gone). Since the wife in question has the authority and status of being a physician herself, and the possible victim is not a child or fragile senior, what, ...