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<blockquote data-quote="dashcat" data-source="post: 421310" data-attributes="member: 9175"><p>Very scary, MM mom. </p><p> </p><p>Hound, I'm no expert but - if I were to guess - I'd say the fundamental differents between Munchausen's and hypochonderia is that Munchausen's people are seeking attention/validation through a deliberately manufactured "condition" where hypochndriacs (my mother in law) react out of fear and paranoia. Hypochondriacs exaggerate every little symptom and worry that each thing is life-threatining. Though they seek attention, their driving force is fear. </p><p> </p><p>My difficult child's saying she is pregnant and then says she miscarried is more likely a form of Munchausen's. Even if she thought she was preg for a short time, but knows she wasn't and knows she didn't miscarry. My mother in law thinking every tiny pain was a heart attack was more likely a hypochondriac. She would openly seek a diagnosis, accept it (finally) and move on to another fear.</p><p> </p><p>It's very mysterious. I knew a woman in the community who claimed she had ovarian cancer. She would drive herself too and from chemo and radiation (yes, both), had a beautiful thick head of hair which remained intact, never lost an ounce of weight and gave birth to two babies after declaring that she'd been "taken off the terminal list". The first child was born less than a year after she was supposedly diagnosis'd.</p><p> </p><p>Dash</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dashcat, post: 421310, member: 9175"] Very scary, MM mom. Hound, I'm no expert but - if I were to guess - I'd say the fundamental differents between Munchausen's and hypochonderia is that Munchausen's people are seeking attention/validation through a deliberately manufactured "condition" where hypochndriacs (my mother in law) react out of fear and paranoia. Hypochondriacs exaggerate every little symptom and worry that each thing is life-threatining. Though they seek attention, their driving force is fear. My difficult child's saying she is pregnant and then says she miscarried is more likely a form of Munchausen's. Even if she thought she was preg for a short time, but knows she wasn't and knows she didn't miscarry. My mother in law thinking every tiny pain was a heart attack was more likely a hypochondriac. She would openly seek a diagnosis, accept it (finally) and move on to another fear. It's very mysterious. I knew a woman in the community who claimed she had ovarian cancer. She would drive herself too and from chemo and radiation (yes, both), had a beautiful thick head of hair which remained intact, never lost an ounce of weight and gave birth to two babies after declaring that she'd been "taken off the terminal list". The first child was born less than a year after she was supposedly diagnosis'd. Dash [/QUOTE]
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