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

[Rmosier]

I believe Gypsy Rose herself has said more or less the same thing, specifically about going to prison.

Some jurisdictions have specific life skills and reintegration support for inmates who are about to be released after a medium- to long-term prison sentence. I'm hopeful that she had access to at least some kind of basic preparation prior to being given a bus ticket and turned loose, but who knows.

She's going to need a ton of support resources, not merely because she's been in prison for a decade but because she has literally never done anything for herself outside of an institution. Can she scramble an egg or boil pasta? Does she know how to pay a utility bill? Has she ever done a load of laundry? Fuck, has she ever even had a library card? Ordered a pizza? Sure, some of these things could be addressed as abstract concepts in prison, but they're all the kind of things that you don't really learn until you have had at least a tiny bit of exposure to the world.

Poor woman has a tough road ahead of her.

I read somewhere she got her GED and worked on life skills while in prison. She herself also said something along the lines of having a job of some sport in prison. My brain isn’t braining well right now but I do remember something along those lines.


I just hope she can integrate into a normal life. I can’t blame her for wanting to get her bread money in order to stay afloat,.


This first year is going to be really interesting. And even more so now the crazies online are dubbing her “mommy” and shit.

 

[A Sentient Cloud]

God, I can't even imagine how amazing a nice hotel room must feel after getting out of prison.

 

[Flourishing Pinecone ❧]

God, I can't even imagine how amazing a nice hotel room must feel after getting out of prison.

There is a (terrible) reality tv show called Love After Lockup, which is what it sounds like - follows inmates who develop relationships with people on the outside, and what their relationships are like once released.
I remember one guy was just SO excited about lying on a motel bed. So soft! So large!

 

[self-diagnosed dumbass]

Okay give me my top hats and trash cans but I don't think Gypsy should be talked about on the farms. The girl was imprisoned by her mother her whole life and then imprisoned by the state- give her a chance to try and live a normal life without the obsessive idiots here tracking it. Give her a year or two to live without that stress or it'll become a self fulfilling prophecy imo. She already has to content with the rest of the world's eyes on her and even a well adjusted person with a normal childhood can buckle under that sort of pressure.

 

[Bees]

Don’t turn this into a pearl clutching hen party like the Lucinda thread. Nobody is talking about weening and I don’t wish her ill, but if she makes a fool of herself im gonna make fun of her.

 

[Mourning_Cloak]

This is a thread for munchies, malingerers, spoonies, etc. Gypsy herself is not one but a victim of that "condition" or whatever the fuck it's called.

Nobody ITT is wishing horrible things upon her nor is anyone trying to cowtip. I tried looking for that interview I referenced in a previous post and couldn't find it despite filters because everywhere is being overloaded with current Gypsy content since her release; simply put, "everyone" is talking about her. While I agree she doesn't to be a constant topic nor need her own thread, it's entirely appropriate to give relevant updates on her here. I truly wish her well.

 

[Totallyunknown]

I grew up as Gypsy being the only example available for a mental illness in the family to explain to normal people what was happening. It's been great to see discussion of her release and the opinions that have been built around her mother as it is the reason I ended up on the Farms to begin with - its not openly talked about until a crime is committed.

In a perfect world, she'll go to community college or beauty school, have a little Tiktok where she makes cute tutorials and does small speaking gigs at medical conferences etc. Her story already highlighted a unique issue in the medical field and the right people probably have a lot to gain from personal insight. But perhaps that's just my own wishful thinking to see what is a beacon example overcome the situation with dignity.

I think there are so few known surviving victims of MBP because it's usually not formally diagnosed until a crime happens, I think Gypsy (maybe unfortunately for her) will be an interesting case study of the long term effects of the illness by proxy.

 

[A Sentient Cloud]

If you read up on her story it's clear that Gypsy is incredibly resilient, resourceful, and smart. She doesn't need to be pitied or treated with kid gloves, and from her interviews I don't get the sense she wants that. I don't think she's a cow, I think she's an inspiration. It's easy to judge her crime from the outside but I truly cannot imagine going through what she has.

 

[877-CASH-now]

If you read up on her story it's clear that Gypsy is incredibly resilient, resourceful, and smart. She doesn't need to be pitied or treated with kid gloves, and from her interviews I don't get the sense she wants that. I don't think she's a cow, I think she's an inspiration. It's easy to judge her crime from the outside but I truly cannot imagine going through what she has.

Ugh I shouldn't read this thread before cutting onions. How dare you.

 

[Zemblan Physics]

What do you mean? I’m very curious.

Sorry, missed this. Here’s an opinion article from friggin’ Psychology Today that does a good job articulating the issue.

TLDR: the DSM is crap and does not allow for assessing the totality of a patient’s issues.

I’d like to add to the article that many patients - in particular young patients - present with a clinical picture that may fulfill criteria of one or more diagnoses- but in reality have more to do with skills or adaptation. We do them a disservice by labeling them with psychiatric diagnoses. The exceptions being psychotic disorders - where early intervention is key - and autism spectrum disorder if missed in childhood (not unusual in severe anorexia tbh).

I’d also like to add that many psychiatrists suck at their job. No curiosity and a woeful reliance on psychopharmacology.

Edited to add ASD

 

[Coo Coo Bird]

Gypsy's been disappointed already:
Gypsy Rose Blanchard denied ‘dream’ of meeting Taylor Swift at Chiefs game after prison release (Archive)

 

[everybody in Portugal]

Don’t turn this into a pearl clutching hen party like the Lucinda thread. Nobody is talking about weening and I don’t wish her ill, but if she makes a fool of herself im gonna make fun of her.

But she hasn't. And you and others have been basically drooling at the thought that she might, repeatedly, ITT. If you want to make a thread for her then great, but imo it's distasteful as fuck to be chomping so hard at the bit for her to fuck up, in a thread that would have judged her abuser(/victim, granted) to be the cow. Like, literally from before she was even actually released. Have some chill.

 

[Mourning_Cloak]

I think there are so few known surviving victims of MBP because it's usually not formally diagnosed until a crime happens

It's also because the victim(s) are very often killed. That boy named Garnett is the first that comes to mind. I forget his last name but his mom was injecting salt and I think even poop into his IV bag.

If you read up on her story it's clear that Gypsy is incredibly resilient, resourceful, and smart.

Once again referencing the interviews I have seen from her (and some clips from when she was being victimized actively) she is remarkably well spoken for someone that reportedly stopped receiving a consistent home schooling around 2nd grade (not that she didn't learn anything at all after that point)

 

[Kufungisisa]

She's had a horrible life and like everyone I wish her the best.

She spent her whole life before prison living 'make a wish' and probably doesn't fully realise that normal adults, especially ex-cons don't get their wishes like that. They'll probably be a couple more attempts before that sinks in.

I don't think she should be idolised, she had a shitty life and found her way out. But instead of just leaving, her way out was to manipulate a low IQ autistic guy and set him loose: metaphorically she loaded the gun and pulled the trigger (because lets face it: it is easy to find an autistic incel who with a little push would literally do anything for a boyfriend free girl of his own).

Yet he's in life without parole, still stupidly lovesick: that's really fucked up and from what I've seen she's never shown any remorse.

She had a shitty life that she didn't deserve but so far all I've seen is that she's a shitty person too.

I really hope she proves me wrong.

 

[A Sentient Cloud]

Gypsy's been disappointed already:
Gypsy Rose Blanchard denied ‘dream’ of meeting Taylor Swift at Chiefs game after prison release (Archive)

Taylor is too busy pretending to be a victim to take the time to meet an actual one.

I don't think she should be idolised, she had a shitty life and found her way out. But instead of just leaving, her way out was to manipulate a low IQ autistic guy and set him loose: metaphorically she loaded the gun and pulled the trigger (because lets face it: it is easy to find an autistic incel who with a little push would literally do anything for a boyfriend free girl of his own).

"Idolized" is too strong a word, everyone should definitely give her space to figure out what she's going to actually do with her life. That said, the murder plot seems to have been a last-ditch effort, as she had made at least one escape attempt prior. As for Godejohn, eh. He wasn't just "a low IQ autistic guy," he was a creep and a psychopath who fantasized about raping Dee Dee's corpse. Prison is likely the best place for him. Rate me Horrifying all you want, I probably deserve it, but IMO this was a "two birds with one stones" situation.

 

[blue gopher snakes]

Taylor is too busy pretending to be a victim to take the time to meet an actual one.


"Idolized" is too strong a word, everyone should definitely give her space to figure out what she's going to actually do with her life. That said, the murder plot seems to have been a last-ditch effort, as she had made at least one escape attempt prior. As for Godejohn, eh. He wasn't just "a low IQ autistic guy," he was a creep and a psychopath who fantasized about raping Dee Dee's corpse. Prison is likely the best place for him. Rate me Horrifying all you want, I probably deserve it, but IMO this was a "two birds with one stones" situation.

Yep she essentially found a man who was the equivalent of an already-loaded gun and pointed him at her captor. Should she feel remorse over the fact that he is now encased in a concrete square? I don’t really think the lifelong imprisonment of one low-value, degenerate man is something she should lie awake over, personally.

 

[Karl Hungus]

That said, the murder plot seems to have been a last-ditch effort, as she had made at least one escape attempt prior.

There was really no “good” ending for that whole shitshow. If Gypsy had stayed with Dee Dee then Mommie Dearest would have ended up munching her to either death or nonresponsiveness. Dee Dee was the type of attention junkie like Mama Nails or Archie Battersbee’s mom who would keep Gypsy’s corpse nominally “alive” on machines for sympathy. Pretty sad and horrifying to think about.

 

[often puzzled]

It's also because the victim(s) are very often killed. That boy named Garnett is the first that comes to mind. I forget his last name but his mom was injecting salt and I think even poop into his IV bag.

Garnett Spears-- such a horrible case. His mom (Lacey) started out faking her own illnesses, and then she moved on to faking his and ultimately killing him when he got too hard to control. A big part of his "illness" was that he couldn't eat (according to her), but, as he grew, it was pretty obvious to other people that the kid was hungry and could eat real food just fine. He was outliving his usefulness to her. She'd previously inflicted a smaller degree of harm on a kid (or maybe kids, plural? can't remember) she babysat.

There had been so many red flags with her, and I always think of her when I see someone featured here is pregnant. She was a mommy blogger and a big Facebook user, and she 100% would have been a sicksta girl, if that had been a thing when she was faking her own illnesses.

He had a G-tube he didn't need and could not throw up because he'd had a Nissen fundoplication (also unneeded). When she overdosed him on salt, he was physically unable to throw up and get it out of his system. He died from salt poisoning, and it was a bad way to go.

 

[Thomas Eugene Paris]

Garnett Spears-- such a horrible case. His mom (Lacey) started out faking her own illnesses, and then she moved on to faking his and ultimately killing him when he got too hard to control. A big part of his "illness" was that he couldn't eat (according to her), but, as he grew, it was pretty obvious to other people that the kid was hungry and could eat real food just fine. He was outliving his usefulness to her. She'd previously inflicted a smaller degree of harm on a kid (or maybe kids, plural? can't remember) she babysat.

There had been so many red flags with her, and I always think of her when I see someone featured here is pregnant. She was a mommy blogger and a big Facebook user, and she 100% would have been a sicksta girl, if that had been a thing when she was faking her own illnesses.

He had a G-tube he didn't need and could not throw up because he'd had a Nissen fundoplication (also unneeded). When she overdosed him on salt, he was physically unable to throw up and get it out of his system. He died from salt poisoning, and it was a bad way to go.

I just listened to an interview with Lacey Spears from an old episode of 48 Hours the other night and wow, what a rabbit hole. She vehemently denies having done anything to Garnett, but the evidence is damning, and she comes across as more than slightly unhinged.

 

[Zemblan Physics]

Gotta love TMZ
Tbh, I wish her all the best. Not a cow for now.

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