Community Munchausen's by Internet (Malingerers, Munchies, Spoonies, etc) - Feigning Illnesses for Attention

[Florch]

DID is a legit disorder, but as I stated before, it’s very rare. BPD and HPD might be larping as having it. People without a personality disorder might be larping it too, just for the attention. If a person wants attention and wants to seem special, that doesn’t mean they have a personality disorder.
Imo NPD wouldn’t do that. One of the NPD traits is being seen as flawless. Narcissistic personalities usually avoid being seen as mentally ill.

I respectfully argue that it just isn't a legimate disorder.
I believe in the rare instances where a collaborative, well-meaning team has issued a DID diagnosis and the patient is not actively larping, but this 'identity disturbance' is purely the result of BPD's dissociative-domain of symptoms presenting in a dramatic manner.
Otherwise this 'DID' is a 10/10 severe presentation of BPD.

A narc does want to be seen as 'special' though - and a one-in-a-million, exclusive and dramatic illness just happening to strike them certainly fits the bill.

 

[HerbertWest]

I respectfully argue that it just isn't a legimate disorder.
I believe in the rare instances where a collaborative, well-meaning team has issued a DID diagnosis and the patient is not actively larping, but this 'identity disturbance' is purely the result of BPD's dissociative-domain of symptoms presenting in a dramatic manner.
Otherwise this 'DID' is a 10/10 severe presentation of BPD.

A narc does want to be seen as 'special' though - and a one-in-a-million, exclusive and dramatic illness just happening to strike them certainly fits the bill.

I just accept DID as a legit disorder according to the guidelines in our country. It has its own classification under the F category - neurotic, stress formed and somatoformic disorders. (Sorry for a crude translation as English is not my native language) Personality disorders are under other category. But I agree that the symptoms overlap. I personally haven’t encountered anyone with DID so I can’t speak from experience. I know that the discourse wary.
My personal stance is that it may happen so I don’t want to discard it as a possibility.

 

[Choroid Plexus]

I've been following the Leticia Stauch trial and she's an excellent example of a DID malingerer. A truly insufferable cluster B nightmare who murdered her 11 year old stepson by stabbing him 18 times, hitting him hard enough to fracture his skull and then shooting him in the head. She's pleading not guilty by reason of insanity claiming that she has a Mexican, Russian speaking sniper alter called Maria who killed the child. The forensic psychologist instead diagnosed her with a personality disorder (borderline and narcissistic) and pointed out how bad she is at larping.

 

[MetalParakeet]

DID is a legit disorder, but as I stated before, it’s very rare. BPD and HPD might be larping as having it. People without a personality disorder might be larping it too, just for the attention. If a person wants attention and wants to seem special, that doesn’t mean they have a personality disorder.
Imo NPD wouldn’t do that. One of the NPD traits is being seen as flawless. Narcissistic personalities usually avoid being seen as mentally ill.

DiD is not a legit disorder. Only fringe crackpots who profit off of little teens think it is.
If you're one of the few believers among a community of psych professionals, you best believe they're patting your head like you're retarded in front of you to be non confrontational and then talking shit about you behind your back.

 

[Jimmy Hopkins]

DID is a fake disorder made up by criminals to get away and the tumblrinas use it so they can have an excuse to RP their favourite characters and screech online. It's all attention seeking.

Just like ADD/ADHD. ADHD is much more evil though in my opinion. Doctors prescribe children and young adults amphetamines just because they don't wanna focus in class. During my school days I met probably 7 people that told me they had ADD/ADHD. Every one of them ended up becoming heavily involved in weed, alcohol, harder drugs, or abused/sold their Adderall and Ritalin. About half of them ended up going off the medication after they or their parents noticed withdrawls, drug abuse, or negative side effects. The opioid crisis is extremely tragic, but the "ADHD" crisis is just as bad.

Powerlevel, but I have a munchie/malingering/hystrionic sibling that has had a long history of drug use that decided she wants Adderall about a year ago and so she easily got it prescribed. She goes ape shit when she's in withdrawls. Fuck big pharma dude, shits heartbreaking to see, especially being someone around plenty of substance abuse.

 

[lolcow yoghurt]

Just like ADD/ADHD. ADHD is much more evil though in my opinion. Doctors prescribe children and young adults amphetamines just because they don't wanna focus in class. During my school days I met probably 7 people that told me they had ADD/ADHD. Every one of them ended up becoming heavily involved in weed, alcohol, harder drugs, or abused/sold their Adderall and Ritalin. About half of them ended up going off the medication after they or their parents noticed withdrawls, drug abuse, or negative side effects. The opioid crisis is extremely tragic, but the "ADHD" crisis is just as bad.

Powerlevel, but I have a munchie/malingering/hystrionic sibling that has had a long history of drug use that decided she wants Adderall about a year ago and so she easily got it prescribed. She goes ape shit when she's in withdrawls. Fuck big pharma dude, shits heartbreaking to see, especially being someone around plenty of substance abuse.

It's that simple: most children are hyperactive and humans naturally have short attention span. But let's makeot a disorder to sell kids mind altering drugs and literal amphetamine. A great lie to make money and zombie children. Munchie by proxy moms love it.

 

[HarrietTubmansTittyFuckSu]

It’sa frustrating balance to strike, between medicating and lifestyle changes. But to imply that diet or exercise or reducing substance use and stuff sends people reeling. Of course there are benefits of using medication but I guess it’s just my personal hang up but I’ll never understand why someone would genuinely want to use more than absolutely necessary aside from them being an addict. The compounding side effects could be just too likely. I’ve always considered handling mental illness like addiction, a day by day thing. The glamour of a pill is that there is no hard work needed but that’s just not true.

 

[Blatant hypocrite]

(Forgive me if this is the wrong thread, but I don't know where else to put it. Guy is consuming medical resources for attention so it counts.)

/r/outside is a silly gimmick subreddit where users pretend that real life is a MMO. The majority of the post is written in this style, so feel free to skim past the retarded bits.

Anyway, someone decided it was the perfect place to look for asspats, claiming to have Dissociative Identity Disorder.

I've been Timesharing/ letting other Players Log On with my PC, thoug…

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A number of people were curious. It became very obvious that OP only knows DID from Tiktok:

A number of people called out OP. He got pretty mad.
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So who is this person? You'd be forgiven for thinking they're a dumb teenager, but he's actually a 29y/o Australian man.

Great Experience with Vocal Training : transgenderau

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Why did we get a Growth Spurt on Estrogen?? : asktransgender

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How do people on E tell if they have a Hormonal Cycle? : transgenderau

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There's also a claim of chronic pain. Supposedly he carries so many medications that a single bag will not suffice.

Onebagging with Medications? : onebag

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TheCyberSystem comments on Chronic pain coping skills?

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TLDR: DID faker MtF with 56 alters goes to roleplay subreddit to soapbox

 

[Lady Crow]

/r/outside is a silly gimmick subreddit where users pretend that real life is a MMO. The majority of the post is written in this style, so feel free to skim past the retarded bits.

It is too early in the morning for this level of secondhand embarrassment. I feel sick. I must self care.

 

[Less Nasty Old Person]

It's that simple: most children are hyperactive and humans naturally have short attention span. But let's makeot a disorder to sell kids mind altering drugs and literal amphetamine. A great lie to make money and zombie children. Munchie by proxy moms love it.

Found the Scientologist.

 

[lolcow yoghurt]

Found the Scientologist.

This is not Twitter or Reddit, calling someone buzzwords because they oppose giving children amphetamine and similar drugs because they are hyperactive is retarded. Kids should play outside and not be addicted to amphetamine. Also What the fuck is "scientologist"?

 

[Sparkling Yuzu]

What the fuck is "scientologist"?

It's a religion/cult that is rabidly against psychiatry for some reason.

 

[pink0 doggins]

DiD is not a legit disorder. Only fringe crackpots who profit off of little teens think it is.
If you're one of the few believers among a community of psych professionals, you best believe they're patting your head like you're retarded in front of you to be non confrontational and then talking shit about you behind your back.

Totally agree, if we're talking about what used to be called Multiple Personality Disorder. I think DID was supposed to be its own shit but the MPD grifters were able to launder their bullshit into the DID diagnosis to keep the grift alive. Dissociation is real. Ever get blackout drunk, or get stuck in a K hole? I think the 'real' DID might be more similar to a panic disorder; there's dissociation and loss of time/memory but none of this "alters" bullshit. It's more like they're spacing out for a few hour, melting into the couch, and then have little recollection of it later. The more legit-sounding cases I've seen/heard, the person only has these dissociative events once or a few times in their life to get the Dx.

 

[Septictic]

I swallowed the book The Three Faces of Eve as a kid. So disappointed when I grew up and realized it was all make-believe. MPD/DID is alluring, but only in the dark.

 

[MetalParakeet]

Totally agree, if we're talking about what used to be called Multiple Personality Disorder. I think DID was supposed to be its own shit but the MPD grifters were able to launder their bullshit into the DID diagnosis to keep the grift alive. Dissociation is real. Ever get blackout drunk, or get stuck in a K hole? I think the 'real' DID might be more similar to a panic disorder; there's dissociation and loss of time/memory but none of this "alters" bullshit. It's more like they're spacing out for a few hour, melting into the couch, and then have little recollection of it later. The more legit-sounding cases I've seen/heard, the person only has these dissociative events once or a few times in their life to get the Dx.

Catatonia is the real MVP of dissociation. But you won't see any larpers faking that since they wouldn't be able to role-play online

 

[Rich Evans Simp]

All of these assholes are on Klonopin. The withdrawals cause derealization/depersonalization, which can be genuinely frightening. I know that benzo withdrawal is always difficult and has a list of standard symptoms, but IME each type of benzo withdrawal has a different flavor. I don’t doubt that this is a factor in “DID”.

 

[Oracular Slug]

I think DID was supposed to be its own shit but the MPD grifters were able to launder their bullshit into the DID diagnosis to keep the grift alive.

DID is short for dissociative identity disorder, while MPD stood for multiple personality disorder, the difference may seem minor but it’s the difference between “multiple people inhabit your body” (no, they don’t) and “you have different identities when you dissociate“ (sure, brains are wild)

Iirc a diagnosis of DID requires you not meet the other criteria for BPD, because yeah, the vast majority of tiktok “multiples” are BPD cases, maybe all of them even. But not everyone who dissociates and has different facets of themselves show when they do has BPD. There’s all the other stuff like unstable relationships and impulsive behavior and self-destruction.

 

[Florch]

DID is short for dissociative identity disorder, while MPD stood for multiple personality disorder

They are one and the same.
DSM-1 it was 'Hysterical Neuroses/Psychoses'
DSM-2 and 3 it was MPD
DSM-4 and 5 it is now DID -

So we are due for something new..

There’s all the other stuff like unstable relationships

BPD

impulsive behavior

BPD

self-destruction

BPD

 

[Oracular Slug]

I appear to have done a shitty job explaining as I meant MPD became/got relabeled as DID. And yep! Those are all features of BPD, but not DID (unless it’s actually BPD, which it usually is) — any of those should immediately exclude DID from the diagnosis because they’re hallmarks of BPD.

 

[WhiskeyPersimmon]

Icky Vicky is boo hooing about having meanie trolls who say horrible awful things like “she literally doesn’t have cancer” and seems to be under the impression that it’s people she knows in real life

Sorry vic, never even been near that part of the US! But if innocuous church ladies ALSO realize you’re full of shit, prob time to reevaluate your lame, sad life.

Anyway, she’s spiraling now that Chelsea’s kicked it and Vic realizes she truly has no friends. No life. Nearly 30. Maybe she can take a nice vacation to the funny farm so she can get her raging bipolar disorder under control!