This isn't really Munchausen syndrome. This mother just wanted her son to stay with her a few days longer, but in case of Munchausen syndrome she would just do it for attention
[QUOTE]Munchausen syndrome, is a psychiatric factitious disorder wherein those affected feign disease, illness, or psychological trauma to draw attention, sympathy, or reassurance to themselves.
Munchausen syndrome is related to Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP/MSP), which refers to the abuse of another person, typically a child, in order to seek attention or sympathy for the abuser.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Impact1986;47189783]This isn't really Munchausen syndrome. This mother just wanted her son to stay with her a few days longer, [B]but in case of Munchausen syndrome she would just do it for attention[/B][/QUOTE]
Wouldn't her son staying longer count as seeking attention? She wants her son to stay longer because she wanted the attention from him. Except in this case it's not really a fictitious disease it's poisoning. The source you quoted says that the abuser would be seeking sympathy not just attention, would she also not be gaining sympathy from others. My college son is home sick woe is me.
Edit: I guess you're right because it would be Munchhausen by proxy.
Literally the only place I know about this from is scrubs
[video=youtube;CU3m4N9iOQI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU3m4N9iOQI[/video]
[QUOTE=retroboy4;47191593]Wouldn't her son staying longer count as seeking attention? She wants her son to stay longer because she wanted the attention from him. Except in this case it's not really a fictitious disease it's poisoning. The source you quoted says that the abuser would be seeking sympathy not just attention, would she also not be gaining sympathy from others. My college son is home sick woe is me.
Edit: I guess you're right because it would be Munchhausen by proxy.[/QUOTE]
But Munchausen syndrome is about getting attention from other people by doing these things, not the attention of the person abused.
I hate this video by the way, because does the exact thing what Munchausen syndrome people try to do: Get sympathies for the abuser. In this video it is the poor mom who is alone all day and missing her kid, oh poor woman. Get a fuckin hobby
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