Munchhausen Syndrome & M.S/ By Proxy
- Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) and attention seeking personality disorders including false victim and victim syndrome - "In Munchausen Syndrome, this is achieved by capitalising on, exploiting, exaggerating or feigning illness or injury or personal misfortune. The opportunities for being centre of attention can be increased if feigning victimhood through alleged victimisation, isolation, exclusion or persecution is added to the equation; the Munchausen person can then depict another person (often a family member) as a victimiser or persecutor and herself as the victim. Presenting herself as a false victim is also a Munchausen trait.In Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy (MSBP), occasions for being centre of attention are created by deliberately causing illness, injury or harm to others to provide opportunities for rescue and care. Often the MSBP sufferer will work as a nurse, perhaps in a hospital ward for sick children (especially very young babies) or in a home for elderly persons, or with severely handicapped people, or as a care giver. The common thread is a victim whose is vulnerable, whose verbal skills or emotional state or mental condition prevents them from explaining what the MSBP person is doing to them and whose hold on life may already be precarious. Even if the victim survives, they cannot or will not be a witness. Because death amongst these groups occurs normally and is therefore not unusual or unexpected, her activities in causing death may escape notice for years."
The savior
They are the savior, the perfect person who came in and "saved" the suffer because the suffer could not have saved him or herself without this person's help. The non is courageous, devoted and people are so impressed with them to hang in there no matter what because "being with a person who has depression,anxiety,etc. is so difficult"
They are the savior, the perfect person who came in and "saved" the suffer because the suffer could not have saved him or herself without this person's help. The non is courageous, devoted and people are so impressed with them to hang in there no matter what because "being with a person who has depression,anxiety,etc. is so difficult"
You play victim
You can't see anything you did wrong in the relationship. I've seen and heard of people leaving because their partner was so depressed and had trust issues after THEY cheated on that person like a buttload of times.
Malingering
- "Malingering is fabricating or exaggerating the symptoms of mental or physical disorders for a variety of "secondary gain" motives, which may include financial compensation (often tied to fraud); avoiding school, work or military service; obtaining drugs; getting lighter criminal sentences; or simply to attract attention or sympathy. Malingering is different from somatization disorder and factitious disorder. Failure to detect actual cases of malingering imposes a substantial economic burden on the health care system, and false attribution of malingering imposes a substantial burden of suffering on a significant proportion of the patient population." - Wikipedia