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- Aug 29, 2018
There was one male-to-stillmalebutinadressnow troon that became a social media munchie in the traditional female pattern: needed forearm crutches and a wheelchair for his "EDS" and "POTS," port for IV fluids, rubbed his face to claim "allergic reactions," even claimed "premature menopause' as one of his many illnesses. Buddy, you have a dick and balls, there was no menses to pause. Between the internet calling him out constantly and his family telling him to quit his bullshit to his face, he couldn't take it and deleted his social media. As far as I know he's yet to resurface so I think he really did stop entirely, and I've wondered if he didn't just act like that because he thought it would make him seem more womanly or something insane like that.
Every once in a while I've seen MtFs online complaining about the traditional hEDS POTS GP munchie combo plate, but nobody really seems to pay attention to them. Likely because they're still men posting in communities full of men and nobody cares about sick princess roleplay.
Plus they're all mainlining narcissism, kinda like munchies. In the "if your problems can't benefit me, then fuck you" sense. Bunch of munchies send out care packages to other munchies without actually caring 'cause they're looking for social media asspats and nothing else.
There's a hospital in Dublin that actually offers a free short course to the drs and nurses about what to look for when dealing with a person with munchhausen.
That was after there was like an explosion of munchies in one year... Almost half of them had turned up faking amnesia.
I teach a module about malingerers to new hires at the community health clinic.
Way, way back before I ever worked here we had an older black lady get diagnosed with brain cancer. Was scheduled for surgery, then delayed it for as long as humanly possible while she collected disability checks. For...roughly six years I think. Refused referral to community oncology.
At no point did imaging ever show evidence of cancer, and nobody I have ever spoken to knows how the original diagnosis happened, but "professional courtesy" got in the way of anyone ever pointing it out at the time. So, basically, I tell the staff to feel free to call out diagnoses they don't think are correct.