Munchaussen

[ColetteJulie]

Can i write a non erotic story about munchaussen by proxy? Think it's called facticious something disorder now, forgive my ignorance but I have an idea and if I'm allowed to submit I will of course research thoroughly. There's no dee dee or gypsy rose here but there is a mother. Greta.

 

[MelissaBaby]

There’s no reason why you shouldn’t. Some people will probably respond and suggest that you should not because it is non-erotic, ignoring the fact that we have the non-erotic category.

Good luck with it.

 

[THBGato]

Can i write a non erotic story about munchaussen by proxy? Think it's called facticious something disorder now, forgive my ignorance but I have an idea and if I'm allowed to submit I will of course research thoroughly. There's no dee dee or gypsy rose here but there is a mother. Greta.

Pretty sure I've read an erotic story about it, so non-erotic should be fine. I wish I could remember who it was by (I thought it was AwkwardMD, but I've just checked her story list and can't see it.)

 

[AwkwardMD]

Pretty sure I've read an erotic story about it, so non-erotic should be fine. I wish I could remember who it was by (I thought it was AwkwardMD, but I've just checked her story list and can't see it.)

My story Dark Horse is in this neighborhood. It's not quite the same, but there's enough similarities. It's pretty dark, though. More about dehumanization than the intention causing of sickness in others for the purpose of garnering sympathy and attention.

https://www.literotica.com/s/dark-horse-ch-01

 

[Rob_Royale]

That's way darker than I'd think to go. That usually involves the abuse of a child but even if it was an adult, it's pretty creepy. I'd be curious enough to give it a read though.

 

[THBGato]

Pretty sure I've read an erotic story about it, so non-erotic should be fine. I wish I could remember who it was by (I thought it was AwkwardMD, but I've just checked her story list and can't see it.)

Finally found the story I was thinking of: https://www.literotica.com/s/on-loving-a-flawed-creation by @LaRascasse

 

[ElectricBlue]

Can i write a non erotic story about munchaussen by proxy? Think it's called facticious something disorder now, forgive my ignorance but I have an idea and if I'm allowed to submit I will of course research thoroughly. There's no dee dee or gypsy rose here but there is a mother. Greta.

There's nothing in the site rules that would prevent it, other than the usual policy limits.

 

[MrPixel]

Think it's called facticious something disorder now,

"Facticious disorder imposed on another", or FDIA (Wikipedia). "Munchausen syndrome by proxy" was much easier to convey the condition; I don't understand why the mental health community felt it necessary to obfuscate the otherwise well-understood term for the affliction. My wife was a victim of MSbP until her father assumed custody when she was in her teens.

That usually involves the abuse of a child...

A non-erotic story should pass muster, but you're right, it is child abuse, or abuse by a caretaker, and (in my eyes) it's a short jump to sadism in the infliction of suffering for personal gratification. Whether Laurel would have any squicks about it would remain to be seen.

 

[Bramblethorn]

"Facticious disorder imposed on another", or FDIA (Wikipedia).

("Factitious" - as befits this site, it has a 'tit' in it.)

"Munchausen syndrome by proxy" was much easier to convey the condition; I don't understand why the mental health community felt it necessary to obfuscate the otherwise well-understood term for the affliction.

Both "Munchausen syndrome" and "Munchausen syndrome by proxy" got renamed for reasons discussed here:

"Asher's nomenclature sparked some controversy, with medical authorities debating the appropriateness of the name for about fifty years. While Asher was praised for bringing cases of factitious disorder to light, participants in the debate objected variously that a literary allusion was inappropriate given the seriousness of the disease; that its use of the anglicized spelling "Munchausen" showed poor form; that the name linked the disease with the real-life Münchhausen, who did not have it; and that the name's connection to works of humor and fantasy, and to the essentially ridiculous character of the fictional Baron Munchausen, was disrespectful to patients with the disorder."

A non-erotic story should pass muster, but you're right, it is child abuse, or abuse by a caretaker, and (in my eyes) it's a short jump to sadism in the infliction of suffering for personal gratification. Whether Laurel would have any squicks about it would remain to be seen.

Would probably depend very much on how the story handles it.

 

[Britva415]

"Facticious disorder imposed on another", or FDIA (Wikipedia). "Munchausen syndrome by proxy" was much easier to convey the condition; I don't understand why the mental health community felt it necessary to obfuscate the otherwise well-understood term for the affliction.

All over the sciences, there is a movement to rename stuff that’s named after people to names which aren’t.

This pattern is what you’re seeing in the mental health field. I’ll step back and stay out of the argument someone will start about whether that’s properly mentioned in the same breath as “the sciences” or not.

 

[Bramblethorn]

All over the sciences, there is a movement to rename stuff that’s named after people to names which aren’t.

I have a medical condition that used to be named after the guy who "discovered" it (in the same kind of way that the Dutch "discovered" Australia, to the surprise of the people already living here). He was also complicit in the murder of children.

It's nice not having his name on my paperwork any more.

 

[RetroFan]

I think your Munchaussen story as you described it would be okay.

However, I would stay well clear of such a theme in the NCR and the Mind Control categories. Also Incest Taboo, with a scenario such as the mother/wife having MBP towards the daughter/sister, and the father/husband and son/brother are not only enablers of the mother/wife, but also have their way with the girl whenever the opportunity presents itself.