Munchausen Syndrome?!
Question: I like to be sick. Just recently I've deprived myself of sleep (still kinda doing it, but I've been getting some sleep) on purpose just to pretend I'm insomnic. I purposely poison myself sometimes to look ill. I hurt myself to be sick, and I kinda like the attention. But I like my alone time as well.
I'm probably positive for munchausen syndrome, but it's kinda hard to swallow.
Answers: I like to be sick. Just recently I've deprived myself of sleep (still kinda doing it, but I've been getting some sleep) on purpose just to pretend I'm insomnic. I purposely poison myself sometimes to look ill. I hurt myself to be sick, and I kinda like the attention. But I like my alone time as well.
I'm probably positive for munchausen syndrome, but it's kinda hard to swallow.
Hi:
It does sound as if you would meet the criteria for Munchausen Syndrome. I understand that asking/seeking help is not easy and that is the case for most people I think, but you have already taken the first steps in doing so as you have posted your statement and are waiting for responses, that is great. So now you must continue to ask for help because there is treatment and you do not have to harm yourself to get the attention that you seek. You already have that attention but you just dont realize that because of the illness.
Please try as hard as you can to stop self harming because at some point what you take to get sick or do to get sick may just be the thing that causes you real harm and irreversible damage.
Please give yourself the strength and courage to call your doctor for an appointment to discuss this very serious issue with him/her and be open to accept the help and treatment that they can provide to you. Once on the road to recovery from Maunchausen's life will be better for you, you will feel better and most important is that you will not feel the need/want to harm yourself for attention because you will know and believe that you have had the attention all along and you just couldn't see that.
Please call your doctor, make the appointment, be honest at the appointment, and hopefully you will be feeling much better soon. But remember, none of the above can happen unless you pick up the phone to call your doctor for an appointment, so call please, for your safety.
Be safe and be well
Sounds like Munchausen if you purposely seek attention from others by making yourself ill. Even if it isn't, sounds like you need help in a psychological sense, if for no other reason than to get support in dealing with your issues.