Who fakes cancer on the internet? Women

[ParkieDem]

4. I agree.

I believe the "illness" we are talking about here is the narcissistic "everybody look at me" to folks who have been routinely abused or undervalued or neglected or who desperately need attention...not ridicule and shame.

I had a friend who suffered a long-term illness and was really incapacitated for several years. After she finally got better, her sister shaved her head and went around telling everyone she has cancer.

Their parents rarely gave them attention, and when my friend finally got that attention when she was sick, her sister thought the only way to "catch up" was to make them think she was sick, too.