Munchausen's is a disease that has people who make make that exact choice.
Munchausen syndrome is a factitious disorder, a mental disorder in which a person repeatedly and deliberately acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when he or she is not really sick.Munchausen syndrome is considered a mental illness because it is associated with severe emotional difficulties.
This definition does not go far enough. People who suffer actually MAKE themselves sick so they can be admitted to a hospital and get the attention they so desperately think they need.
This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at March 28, 2019 4:48 AM MDT
I said COGENT Sharon. Not diseased dysfunctional crazy. Munchaeusen by proxy is a terrible thing and the kids who suffer needlessly from having such parents don't deserve to be used as a means of getting attention for the addlepated adults. Thank you for your reply! :)