![]() ![]() Rather than succumb to the socialized aspects of adulthood, these individuals essentially remain in childhood-struggling to accept accountability and venture out on their own. Peter Pan syndrome, also referred to as “Peter Pan complex,” is a condition in which adults continue to hold onto childhood tendencies. The caretaker of a child, most often a mother, either makes up fake symptoms or causes real symptoms to make it look like the child is sick. Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a mental illness and a form of child abuse. A powerful and compelling memoir of growing up with a schizophrenic father, who hid his mental illness behind a charismatic larger-than-life, gluttonous. Writing in an unflinching, arresting voice, Julie recalls the bonds of terror and destruction that imprisoned her from childhood through her early adult life. Many MBP children die, but Julie Gregory not only survived, she escaped the powerful orbit of her mothers madness and rebuilt her identity as a vibrant. ![]() The first book by a survivor of Munchausen by proxy (MBP), Sickened describes both a dark history of abuse and a remarkable triumph in mind, body, and spirit. (age 53 years) What is the book Sickened about? It’s four o’clock, and she hasn’t been allowed to eat anything all day. ![]() Just twelve, she’s tall, skinny, and weak. A young girl is perched on the cold chrome of yet another doctor’s examining table, missing yet another day of school. ![]()
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