Munchausen By Internet: Faking Illness Online

I was on another board where a member claimed to be pregnant, then said she was carrying twins, then said she delivered them at 25 weeks, but *gasp* the twins were healthy enough to go home two whole weeks later!!! She got lots of sympathy until that last bit, even the least medically knowledgable knew that.

The problem with making stuff up is that you never remember what you said!

i have had 2 toxic best friends in real life that i had to distance myself from

i seem to attract these types ????

one gal got better and got on with her life but the other has been wallowing for many many years...but that's a whole other story

faking illnesses online...that is just too sad for words

but the human condition is : anything goes i guess

perhaps not every body is blessed with good health and good support systems

and if it's done anonymously, well what's the risk ?

I had to stop talking to one friend, too. She simply couldn't live without a major crisis in her life at all times. The worst part was, they were all true and did happen. She fell through a floor. Lawsuit. She had a hernia operation and nearly died. Lawsuit. Her husband abused her so badly she wound up in a wheelchair. Can't recall if that was before or after she hurt her back in a car accident. She had fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and a host of other ills. She was abused by her family, youngest of 8 children, Mom was a schizophrenic. Kids were ADD, etc.

Yeah, they were all real, but as my life improved and hers did not, I couldn't bear to be her sole emotional support any more.

I guess what finally got to me was her defeatist attitude. Like she deserved all that hell. Like she really didn't know how to cope without it.

Truly, I don't even know if she's alive at this point.

It's just a very sad life she chose to live.

And that, IMO, is exactly the point.

Your suffering in this life is a choice. We all suffer in life. But we really do choose whether we're going to beat it or whether it beats us.