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Mind: Developing a False Illness to Assume the Sick Role

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Mind: Developing a False Illness to Assume the Sick Role

ID 3566

Creating exaggerated symptoms of an illness. Acting physically or mentally sick, when in fact the person has consciously created their symptoms.

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