I could go on and on about my experiences with my inlaws....my MIL is a very manipulative liar who has also passed down the habit of faking illnesses to get attention and a free pass from school, work, anything. My FIL is a doctor, and also very emotionally unavailable, so I believe this is used as a tool to get his attention and sympathy because medical issues is on the one thing he will pay attention to. The list of faked disorders goes on and on...from thyroid to schizophrenia, food allergies, and now the biggest one is lupus. In many ways it makes them complete outcasts and has ruined my brother in laws life due to the lengths he went to in order to convince everyone he was sick...he dropped out of school and has never had a job due to his bogus mental illnesses and now is 26 years old with no experience in anything and unable to care for himself. His abuse of psych drugs has also given him REAL issues at this point. Thankfull my husband was able to distance himself from the pattern and stop taking all the meds his Mom had him on as a teenager and establish that he is NOT sick. Ugh I could really go on and on....it is sad and infuriating!
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I could go on and on about my experiences with my inlaws....my MIL is a very manipulative liar who has also passed down the habit of faking illnesses to get attention and a free pass from school, work, anything. My FIL is a doctor, and also very emotionally unavailable, so I believe this is used as a tool to get his attention and sympathy because medical issues is on the one thing he will pay attention to. The list of faked disorders goes on and on...from thyroid to schizophrenia, food allergies, and now the biggest one is lupus. In many ways it makes them complete outcasts and has ruined my brother in laws life due to the lengths he went to in order to convince everyone he was sick...he dropped out of school and has never had a job due to his bogus mental illnesses and now is 26 years old with no experience in anything and unable to care for himself. His abuse of psych drugs has also given him REAL issues at this point. Thankfull my husband was able to distance himself from the pattern and stop taking all the meds his Mom had him on as a teenager and establish that he is NOT sick. Ugh I could really go on and on....it is sad and infuriating!
June 12, 2014 - 10:43amThis Comment
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