In reference to Chantal's recent and past medical drama ...
It's dawned on me there's a lot of evidence to support she has Munchausen. People mistakenly believe that means she is faking, but it actually means she is intentionally hurting herself or refusing to go through with adequate treatment in order to continue receiving attention for her problems.
I've always attributed her total lack of shame as the reason she's so comfortable sharing the stuff she does. She really is an enigma. One day, she's shitting on a livestream and in the next labored breath, "working out" half-naked, pretending to ride an invisible dick on her exercise ball. It just baffles me. Like, both are gross, but pick a lane. lol
You raise an interesting theory, though. I agree that she does enjoy the attention that every new health crisis brings. When she makes that rat face and suddenly talks with her mouth crooked, there's an odd kind of infantilization to it. Like that box video: the way she swelled with pride, showing off a marginally less-cluttered space in her still-cluttered apartment. When you're 36 and have no job, no kids, no responsibilities, and other people still have to clean up your messes, that's not a win by any normal metric. That's called a FAILURE TO THRIVE.
"Look guys, the boxes are gone! Hi Marissa! Hi Annie. Look! The boxes are gone!!"
Congrats! You paid someone an exorbitant amount of money to do a basic thing because you're lazy as fuck. And now you want a cookie. I enjoyed the strategic placement of the walker, though. Lest we forget she NEEDS one now, even if it goes unused.
Yes, I can 100% see the Munchie perspective in certain moments with her. The blood pressure readings, that face she makes when her 'tummy' hurts like she just shit her diaper, the heavy sighs and pouting, the way her voice changes pitch when she wants something. It's likely a tool of manipulation, as Tiffany Sherii speculated. But it's also a CHOICE to share what she does. It's a dumb choice, but a choice, and she has to be getting some kind of reward out of it.
