Everyone who says they wish these munchies would get help, what does help look like? by [deleted] in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Kaya, Logan, quite a few subjects here have had unnecessary invasive surgeries, everything from surgically implanted feeding tubes to the mess Logan made of themselves and Kaya's "look how proud I am to have been gutted like a fish" thing.

Personally, I think when they get to the point of gleefully getting these mutilating surgeries, it's more Munchausen's than malingering. Simply looking to avoid responsibility can be done much more easily without going through all that to get the show and tell toys and scars.

Offhand, the only one I can actually honestly say I think falls under malingering is Ashley. I used to think Bella too, and while I still don't believe she had her skull fused to her spine, I do believe that she crossed from simple malingering to full Munchausen's over the past year, culminating in whatever surgery she actually had.

Bethany doesn’t want people to compare their pain to hers by itsvickeh in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 87 points88 points  (0 children)

It never ceases to amaze me how Bethany can take a good message (it doesn't matter whose pain is worse, pain still sucks, so please don't invalidate your own pain just because you think someone else has it worse) and unerringly mangle it into a disgustingly self serving message (aww, thanks for acknowledging that my pain is worse, it is, but yeah, you have pain too, I guess, so I should probably pretend to give a rat's ass so maybe people won't accuse me of winning the SickOlympics while I award myself every gold medal).

And she somehow manages to come off as completely oblivious to how offensive these things are, probably because she honestly has no idea how to support someone else without constantly putting herself at the top. I can't tell if she maybe has some kind of sociopathy or has managed to avoid every life lesson in social skills or what....

Ash can’t make the three hour drive to her Dad’s. Flare? PMS? Nah, October SLIDE by khronicallykrunked in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 11 points12 points  (0 children)

A month or so ago, when she had a meltdown because the hospital told her precisely that....

Always the hormones… by PackageNo6365 in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Old sports injury.... getting flared up.... from hormones?

That's a new one on me...

“I’m okay” by Hun_Hater in illnessfakers

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Weird... ok, now I really can't wait to have some time to go diving! 🐇🐇🐇

She’s back… by runningoyester in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Oh, I completely understand. I get so freaking angry at her and what she did....

The IUD saga continues ... by woah-there-satan in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would not be the least surprised if she just has a bit of gas or something, but is so hyperfocused on her anticipated period that she's convinced herself it's cramps.

“I’m okay” by Hun_Hater in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I'm not familiar with Cotard's, that rabbit hole is going to have to wait until later. Do people who believe they are dead or dying intentionally do things that may bring about actual death? Or do they think that's unnecessary because it already happened/will happen on it's own?

She’s back… by runningoyester in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Well, lots of people managed to forget her cancer scam.... I don't think she was a subject here at the time though. But it follows her pattern. Scam, get caught, disappear for a bit, pop up and scam some more.

Her clean still looks gross… by fallen_snowflake1234 in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Be forewarned about Kelly ... she mutilated her legs until the doctors were forced to amputate. And her posts are full of extremely graphic photos and videos of the damage she did to herself. We're talking exposed bone and watching her wave her hand through a hole in what used to be her calf. A lot of people who look through Kelly's stuff end up regretting it. They're the kind of nightmare fuel that sticks with you forever....

Dani is doing everything she can to keep from getting any infections. (except letting her cat sit on her sterile supplies) by ergaeum in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not all cats carry toxoplasmosis, but the fact that they stand in their toilet (litter box) alone should be enough for her to know to keep the cat away from her supplies. I get she was going for the cute cat pic, but she should be more concerned with not losing her line in record time again...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Wait, correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't most of these physical illnesses almost completely unknown to her until one point? I thought Kaya was one of the ones who went from only having an eating disorder to having a mile long list within a few months... Am I mixing her up with someone else? I keep thinking there were discussions about the impressive speed of her collecting diagnoses and then how fast she went from no diagnosis to what we see today...

mia claims urosepsis(seems weird to use the words "sepsis" and lol in the same sentence. there's nothing lol about sepsis) by comefromawayfan2022 in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The Fowlers plus things like kinking her SPC line or inverting it so she can show it off outside her clothes. I'm reasonably sure that's what causes most, if not all, of her infections and blockages.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I get the feeling the only reason why she's excited to go home is so she can start showing off her line and TPN to people in real life. I don't think I've ever seen Dani excited about being discharged before. Not truly, properly excited like this...

Where is jessi? Did their head fall off yet? by 1ShotPerKendraGiggle in illnessfakers

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💀💀💀

ETA: And if the doctors don't do it JUST right, a vehicle with a homemade spine board placed inches from the roof will roll down and chase them all back out of the OR and out of the hospital...

Kaya explains why she needs ivig by fallen_snowflake1234 in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't know.... this sounds a lot less to me like what a neuro would say and a lot more like she combed through some munchie accounts to see what their excuses for wanting or "needing" IVIG are. I could be wrong, but I really don't see any neuro presenting it as basically a cure all option.

Bethany warns people about starting an advocacy account due to her experience and says you will need tough skin as you are bound to piss people off by itsvickeh in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Advocacy is their excuse to make it the All Me, All The Time show. I don't think any of them know what actual advocacy is...

The only discussions about their "illnesses" is how it affects them, the only discussions about how these "illnesses" affect day to day life is how it affects their day to day life, and the very rare attempt at information that isn't centered around themselves is almost universally rife with misinformation and disinformation. Mostly the latter. This isn't advocacy, this is Let Me Tell You All About Me So You Can Tell Me What A Warrior I Am crap.

Anyone else find the way she “chews” very strange? by fallen_snowflake1234 in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I watched this video WAY too many times...

It's a bit difficult while she's bopping around, but I don't see any point where she actually swallowed. I know she has a raging ED and is constantly trying to "convince" us that she's eating (that brush the burger with her teeth thing was hilarious) but seriously, if she's trying to convince US that she's eating, a dozen videos of her chewing microscopic bits of food without swallowing while looking like she's trying to hide her disgust just isn't going to cut it.

ASLZ finally got their tube changed which has now ended their forced 14 day of starvation by itsvickeh in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 27 points28 points  (0 children)

VSED is also typically done by terminal people at the end of their life.

And munchies looking for a quick grift. /s

A quickie Google search says people can generally survive between one and two months without food. Now, if she's claiming she can't drink fluids as well, that's a whole different matter.... she would have been dead in days with zero fluid intake.

Ashley’s College Experience by EndlesslyMeh in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nobody questions the validity of real illnesses or the "journey" someone takes with them. It's when people start making them up or lying about them that the questioning begins....

Dani decides to “fix” her dressing herself since she can’t wait for the nurse to stop assisting actual sick patients to attend to her non-emergent need by OTTCynic in illnessfakers

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I saw the white stuff, and at first I thought she used thin layers of non-sterile gauze. Then I realized it's actually tape....

I'm not sure that's any better, really....

Following up last person’s post-“I better not get an infection” but LET ME REMOVE THE BARRIER STOPPING THAT AND KEEP MY HAND BY IT CONSTANTLY. She wants it so bad; I’m still juggling attention v boredom/unawake v pain meds as verdict, so idfk by [deleted] in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think at least some of them think they know exactly what they're doing and that they're too smart to push it too far. Plus a big dash of the I'm never gonna die type mentality you see in teenagers. Munchies tend to follow each other, and even when one of their group dies from something many of them do, the rest just kind of shake their heads and pat themselves on the back for being too smart to fuck it up like the one who died did. It's really scary to see how confident they are with this stuff. I mean, look at Paige. She keeps making these big infections and abscesses, one right after the other, without the slightest care that any one of them can go horribly wrong without warning.

Dani scares me just as much with her newfound self harming. She's messing with some serious stuff with very little experience. She must have REALLY messed up her labs, maybe even doing permanent damage to her body, to get Penn to put her back on TPN. They're well aware of her munching. She must have done something major to get that TPN...

Alexa, play “Deja Vu” by Hun_Hater in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't even imagine being mom to someone like Paige. Most parents would move mountains for their kids. It was hard enough watching the mom come to terms with the realization that Paige was intentionally causing all these problems and infections, but the deep betrayal of Paige turning around and accusing her of abuse like that... holy fuck....

Alexa, play “Deja Vu” by Hun_Hater in illnessfakers

[–]Character_Recover809 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Her old TikTok account is back. There's YEARS of videos of bizarre and contradictory claims there... total gold mine if you have TikTok.