Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy

[Markus]

It's a fucking weird mental sickness. I mean ma's not loving their kids, i get that can happen for various reason. This is pretending to love and care for their kids for attention or to always want to feel needed by your kid. It's just so fucked up



7-year-old girl dies in agony after mum faked her terminal illness for five years

[rayge]

what the article, and so the thread, is about is MS by proxy, rather than Munchausen's Syndrome itself, where sufferers pretend to be ill or make themselves ill, in order to be looked after, so I changed the title.

[harrylemon]

A pendant writes....

Can you change the title to FII (Fabricated or Induced Illness) which is what it's called now.

[Markus]

Insulting to the ze germans or something?

[harrylemon]

Aug 15, 2022 14:27:15 GMT Markus said:

Insulting to the ze germans or something?

It was as far as I can remember making it more straightforward as to what it was. Also the "by proxy" was seen to be confusing.

[Markus]

Fair enough.