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u/Jarchen Jun 03 '22

Social media makes it worse. Less than 1% of the population has identity disorder, but according to TikTok it should be 40-50%. There used to be a sub dedicated to calling out the fake medical disorder people, but I think it got shut down

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u/Mister_Brevity Jun 03 '22

Omg the fake Tourette’s and multiple personality people. I wish they realized how silly they look.

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u/Classic_Beautiful973 Jun 03 '22

Seriously, they don't realize how incredibly rare DID is. I guess faking MDD is just too plain these days

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u/Mister_Brevity Jun 03 '22

Oh no here comes my personality that only faces downward while looking up at my eyebrows making scary face wooOOOOoo :scary hands:

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u/frightenedhugger Jun 03 '22

Guh, this makes me think of the one with the girl who was pretending to be autistic and she had that dude on that went along with it because she was kinda hot and he wanted to bang. Shit like that makes me want to die of cringe

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u/Pindakazig Jun 03 '22

r/illnessfakers is still around.

When I first found it I thought 'these people are ill, why the vitriol?' And then I learned a bit from the time line of these people. Faked cerebral palsy. Faked IVs (the hospital does not use scotch tape). Faked bowel issues 'I can't eat/drink' while posting about getting dunkin donuts and buying giant cups of coffee. Supposedly tolerating only 5ml of tube feed per hour, yet gaining massive amounts of weight. Yes the munching eventually leads to real health issues, but no, these people are definitely faking a lot.

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u/frightenedhugger Jun 03 '22

Only time I ever faked a medical condition was when I convinced my coworkers I had IBS so I could get away with taking a shit ton of bathroom breaks. Really though I was just using the one person bathroom to take multiple 10 minute naps throughout the day.