Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy - Help! I was a victim of this. Help!?

Question

I still can't believe my step dad used to get me sick just to take me to the doctor for attention. I need help dealing with this.

Answer 1

Go to the hospital and talk to a psychiatrist there and stop looking for sympathy here.

Answer 2

You aren't going to get help here. And if you are grown-up enough to be asking questions in this Form, you lived past the terrible things that happened. Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy performed by men is very rare - it does happen, but it is rare. If this happened and you still can't deal with it, get psychiatric help.

Answer 3

That's some pretty messed up stuff. There are some REALLY crazy people out there without a clue as to how the world works.
I would look at it this way, the person that did this to you was selfish. Nothing less. They wanted to feel special and have attention. MOST of us want this...but we go about it in a different way.
The scary thing is, that this person didn't care that hurting another human being directly had to occur to make this happen.

Chemical disorder probably...and probably a victim of his upbringing and possibly somewhat genetics.

I think you have to learn to forgive, but you do not need to forget.

There is too many Oprah liberal wha wha's out there that tell you to LET IT GO and to RID yourself of this.

Guess what. IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. I was burned at 10 pretty bad and couldn't walk for a year. Took me another 10 years to wear shorts outside. Do you know how many people wonder why you are wearing jeans in the dead of a 100 degree day and how weird you must be?

Eventually you will learn to live with this, and you will learn to build on it...but you will never forget it. Thankfully, it didn't affect your physical health. And, you don't have an physical scars to remind you of this. The only thing you can do about this is LIVE your life to the fullest. Get and education, get a good job, and do things that make you happy. Be a productive citizen and I think you will realize that this is an illness this person had - and there is something wrong with them. People like that scare me as you never know what they are capable of. Usually they are pathological liars too. Better than good at lying, they convince themselves the lie is true and you can see it in their eyes. My advice is to stay away from people like this. Maybe this person has gotten help and is better, or has grown out of this, or is being heavily medicated in which case I'm sure you would be fine occasionally visiting this person, but I would be surprised if you remain close to the person until much older.
Keep in mind that this person is a real person too. As horrible as what they did is, they still have feelings so don't hold grudges or vendetas against them as it will only consume YOU and harm you in the long run.
You MUST move on with your life, and you MUST continue to do so.
Don't mistake what happened to you as a result of feeling depressed or tired from day to day. Many or most of us feel this way if we are not keeping active.
FOr the longest time, dimwit psycho babblist convinced me I was depressed from being burned etc etc, and that's why I didn't like school or was feeling tired all the time. It was all BS and I was taking meds for NO reason. Eventually I learned that my ENTIRE family was like me, and that not keeping active and keeping my mind busy was truly the devils playground. Don't lay around and feel sorry for yourself, there are many many many people in MUCH worse situations than you. Go out there and BE!

Answer 4

To me, still the most haunting scene in "The Sixth Sense" (when the dead girl under the bed, a victim of her mother's MS by P, gives the video tape to the boy). You shouldn't feel your alone. Get some psychological help. I'm sure there are support groups as well, which could be very comforting.

Answer 5

on a similar time as the guy tormented by this condition is often seen as a "undesirable individual", the actuality of the difficulty is they be bothered by a psychological ailment that should be taken care of as they're to blame for bodily hurting others this is unacceptable. i think of that it is not any longer in straightforward terms the guy being bodily injured so as that the guy with the ailment can get sympathy - many human beings fall sufferer to this illness because it outcomes all of us interior the kin.

Answer 6

Please see someone. You can take some of the advice people will share with you but you really need to have someone to talk to about this. That is going to be the best way to figure things out. Please, go as soon as possible. Your insurance may cover it.