Sickened : The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood

by Julie Gregory, Marc D. Feldman | Health, Mind & Body |
ISBN: 0553803077 Global Overview for this book
Registered by amymaew of Worland, Wyoming USA on 10/19/2005
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Journal Entry 1 by amymaew from Worland, Wyoming USA on Wednesday, October 19, 2005
From Publishers Weekly
The first of its kind, this compelling memoir recounts the story of a childhood affected by Munchausen by proxy disease, a.k.a. MBP, a psychological disorder in which caretakers, usually themselves the victims of traumatic abuse, "make an otherwise healthy child sick" as a way of gaining attention and approval. Set in towns of rural obscurity, Gregory's memoir movingly describes how, as a "sick" child, she believed that her constant feelings of exhaustion and lethargy were caused by some illness in herself rather than by her mother's complicated and abusive rituals. When her mother feeds her handfuls of pills, withholds food or instructs her to "act sick," Gregory does as she is told because she wants to please her. Then, undernourished and doped up on drugs for problems that don't exist, Gregory is dragged from hospital to hospital in search of "answers." Interspersed throughout Gregory's narrative are real medical records that show the efforts of dozens of doctors, procedures and surgeries to "heal" her, efforts which instead become the source of new illnesses. Not until adulthood, when she hears a professor describe MPB during a lecture, does Gregory realize what the real problem is. Gregory's impressive and disturbing memoir uncovers the truths of this elusive and disturbing form of child abuse that is often overlooked and misdiagnosed. 22 pages of b&w white photos.
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Journal Entry 2 by amymaew from Worland, Wyoming USA on Wednesday, July 19, 2006
sent out for paperbackswap.com - enjoy!

Journal Entry 3 by sentinel23 from Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, October 31, 2007
received. thank you.

Journal Entry 4 by sentinel23 from Nashua, New Hampshire USA on Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Difficult story to read. Julie Gregory is a brave, strong person and I admire her for all she's overcome and accomplished.

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