saboteuse

August 2009

3 posts

Münchausen syndrome

Münchausen syndrome is a slang term for psychiatric disorders known as Factitious disorders wherein those affected feign disease, illness, or psychological trauma in order to draw attention or sympathy to themselves. It is also sometimes known as hospital addiction syndrome or hospital hopper syndrome.

Münchausen syndrome is related to Münchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP/MSP), which refers to the abuse of another being (typically a child) as a result of having a psychological disorder.

Aug 21, 2009

“We tend to prefer the “certainty of misery to the misery of uncertainty”.” —

Aug 21, 2009

“Similarly, if a child is not exposed to language during his early life, he may never be able to speak or understand speech normally. If a child doesn’t become fluent in a second language before puberty, he will almost always speak any new language he does learn with an accent.” —The boy who was raised as a dog by Dr. Bruce D. Perry (p. 86)

Aug 21, 2009