SAD/MBPS

Finally I found out what I was talking about in yesterday post

Before that, I'm quite interested in what been said by orange-wee in the comment. Separation anxiety disorder(SAD) is not far-fetched from what I had in mind when I said psychological disorder associated with that 'habit'. It is a disorder where one become excessively anxious when separated from someone/something that he had a strong emotional attachment which I think a pretty common diagnosis if presented with such symptoms.

The disorder that I'm referring to is Munchausen's by proxy syndrome(MBPS). A patient diagnosed with this disorder will try to make another person, usually child, sick in an attempt to gain attention and support. They have problem involving dependency where having a sick partner/child allow them to receive concerned glances, hugs of support and medical attention when the other party is hospitalized.

There was a case in US where the mother pushed her child down a balcony and overdosed him with antidepressant just to make sure her child remain sick. She is quite smart where she only went for the doctors that will diagnose her child as having reactive attachment disorder so that all blames are put on the child and ignore others that will tell otherwise.

There is another form of MBPS which is Munchausen syndrome. It is when one inflict illness on oneself for the same ploy of support and attention. This, I'm guilty of it when I'm small. Well, now also got but not too much anymore XD

When I'm small, I used to feign sick when I realized that I'm in trouble. It worked amazingly till my parent got hang of it =P hahahaha

Time to refine the tactics XP

Sometimes, C&H scares me =D

Love,
me