munchausen by proxy victims of Community Group
This is for the survivors of victimization at the hands of caretakers with munchausen by proxy. Those few who have been identified with the condition never have admitted to it. The disordered person inflicts illness or harm onto their child then seeks help. People whose parent or caretakers subjected them to uneccessary medical treatments and/or harmful substances to...
My parents are both narcissists but my mother i believe has munchausen as well . I am 30 and have lived on SsI my whole adult life because my mother convinced me and the state I'm too mentally Ill to function in society. Many of my depression issues come directly from their emotional manipulation and many years of emotional abuse but I have no history of violence, drug abuse, legal trouble etc .. Several years ago i was in an abusive relationship with a man who started using meth behind my back after i was pregnant by him. He became physically and emotionally abusive as well... I tried reaching out to my parents and they didn't believe me or help me. They took his side and didnt take any interest in helping until my son was born. Once i had him my mother stepped in and assisted me financially to get a hotel room until i could find an apartment under the condition that i file a restraining order and claim on my sons birth certificate that i didnt know who the father was. At the time it seemed reasonable and the best option for mine and my sons safety. shortly after that my mother told me that because I'm on Ssi I needed to adopt my son to them because they would take him either way. Through manipulation they managed to convince me to cooperate with them for fear I would lose my son completely. They reassured me it wouldn't change anything it was so they could claim him as a dependant on their social security/retirement and have money to care for his needs that my ssi wouldnt cover. Because they were my parents i guess I blindly trusted them but since then they have taken all control. I have done nothing but make my son my first priority and try to spend as much time with him as they allow they still try to tell me I abandoned him or I didn't want him which is not true and never has been.
They are now trying to claim the reason they won't let me have him is because I was doing drugs the first 6 months of his life. This is completely false and they know it because they were around me several times a week. I have friends and witnesses that can verify that I am anti drug and have had no problem with them EVER. This is just the latest of many excuses. The first time I asked about it their reason was because I scratched my sisters arm when I was little maybe 8 years old and I kicked the back of seat when I was maybe 12-13. (thats it) so i may lose my my temper with him. Well the next time my boyfriend tried calling my father to see if he could rationalize with him and my father gave the reason that I didnt finish school and haven't had a job so I can't handle parenting. Today its drugs. Tomorrow who knows what they will come up with next... Through the Years when I would express my desire to work my parents would tell me not to because I might lose my ssi and it wasn't worth the risk. they will manipulate and lie to obtain and keep control and now I'm waking up and realizing how sick they are and I have no clue how to approach or deal with this. If we try to talk to them about it they get angry and start yelling (while my bf and i remain calm and rational. No Raised voices on our side...) And they take away our overnights the next day with some crazy excuse... Last time we tried to talk to them the next day my mom text me and said when she went to touch him he flinched so now we have to do supervised visits and we have now lost our overnights completely. this is absurd because my bf is the nicest sweetest mild mannered person ive ever met and i have never lost my temper with my son. Not once... But my son told me my father spanked him when he was naughty ehich is something that i felt was not appropriate when i was a child and my mother promised me he wouldnt do. I know this is a really crazy hard to identify with or understand situation but if there is anyone out there who can give me some advice, insight, support...I could really use it right now... I have a bf of three years who can vouche for me being mentally stable and drug free. I also have many friends including a drug and alcohol counselor who has been my best friend of over 9 years who can vouche for my mental stability. At this point to get my son back and away from my mentally I'll parents I am willing to lose my SSI... I also have been seeing a psychologist for about a year who doesn't believe any of my diagnoses fit me at all. Please someone out there... help!