Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP), also known as factitious disorder, is when a caregiver, usually the child’s mother or a female close to the child, fabricates a child’s illness. In extreme cases, the person causes the child to actually become sick, often with dire and sometimes fatal consequences.
The individual enjoys the attention and sympathy that she receives for having a sick child as well as the praise for being such a devoted mother.
10 Shocking Cases Involving Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy - Listverse
Oh my gosh pages and pages behind. I have tried to catch up but I fear TS is making you all nuts and I can’t stand it. It’s reminding of a handful of mothers and their children I have come across in my career. The children come in multiple times, multiple ailments no explanation. Something goes wrong still no rhyme or reason. Mothers r jumping in “well it’s this or it’s that or u must have done this or u must have done that”. Somehow they know or think they know more than everyone health care professional involved in the child’s care. We as health care professionals r going crazy trying to get the answers just to find it’s all lies. All centered around the need by the mother for attention. I truly believe that’s what’s happening here. I think TS has a history of making Gannon sick and injured and I think this time it was fatal. But she still seeks attention so every interview, every lie it’s all for that purpose. Non of it is ever going to make sense as much as we try to solve it because it’s all fabricated. She is seeking attention and we are providing her with that attention. She’s thriving on the attention she is getting for having a missing child. She knows where Gannon is. She will eventually lead us to him. JMHO
