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Mental Illness. Pain And Misery. Munchhausen By Proxy?
I believe my mother has NPD, she faked and induced my mental illness as a child and is having another shot at it now she is alone at the end of her life. She feeds off my pain and misery. I believe her reasons are jealousy and a desire to ensure that I never amount to more than she has achieved.
Is this a kind of Munchausen by proxy?
Is this a kind of Munchausen by proxy?
Fri, 7 Mar 2014
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Munchhausen syndrome is related to surgical feigning of illness usually. Individual visit multiple surgeons and request for surgeries and have multiple scars on abdomen. If she has induced and visited multiple surgeons with your porblem then most likely its muchhausen syndrome. Inducing mental illness in a child comes under category of child abuse.
Consult a Psychiatrist for detailed evaluation.
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Welcome to HCM
Munchhausen syndrome is related to surgical feigning of illness usually. Individual visit multiple surgeons and request for surgeries and have multiple scars on abdomen. If she has induced and visited multiple surgeons with your porblem then most likely its muchhausen syndrome. Inducing mental illness in a child comes under category of child abuse.
Consult a Psychiatrist for detailed evaluation.
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