Munchausen Syndrome is Driven By “Awareness Month”

Munchausen Syndrome is defined as a “factitious disorder.” This is when a person fakes a sickness. This attention-seeking disorder targets doctors, nurses, teachers, parents or anyone in a perceived position of authority to feel sympathy for the person with the disorder. People with this disorder often convince doctors that they need prescriptions or treatments for diseases that they do not actually have. Children sometimes play-act an illness in order to get out of having to go to school, but they eventually grow out of this behavior.

Sometimes people in positions of authority who are in charge of dependents tell lies and say their healthy dependents are sick. Sometimes mothers lie about their children to gain sympathy from family, friends or doctors. Sometimes the children who are healthy actually believe they are sick, and because they trust their parent they never fight back, even if that parent is obviously lying. Sometimes the parent will even go so far as to put poison in the child’s food to make the child actually sick, then pretend it’s cancer or some other chronic disease. This proxy disorder is called “Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy.”

It means people in authority tell everyone that the people they are in charge of are sick, even when those charges, whether they are children or the elderly, are actually not sick.

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is when the caregiver or the authority figure also engages in attention seeking behavior. This disorder affects innocent people and it also affects all the lives of those who are close to the authority figure. The victims of Munchausen Syndrome By Proxy are often children and the elderly. They too can become addicted to the attention and will develop habits or behavioral patterns that are destructive or toxic. Sometimes they even come to the defense of the person who is pretending they are sick and will protect their abusers.

Each person connected to the children and the elderly are affected in different ways, sometimes financially but always emotionally. They are often made to feel guilty if they question the authority figure who is pretending that the child or the elderly person is sick. They are often abused themselves by the authority figure but in a different way: through shame and humiliation tactics. The authority figure might make the person who questions the so-called sickness of the child or elderly person look like a bad person who doesn’t care about the well being of others.

The elderly and the children are the two groups we see targeted since the onset of COVID19.

Discussion of Munchausen Syndrome seems to be trending on social media. There are lots of armchair analyses of Munchausen Syndrome. In my own armchair opinion I believe Munchausen Syndrome goes hand in hand with gas-lighting.

The public is being gas-lit. Gas-lighting means when someone tells you a lie, and they insist it’s the truth, even when you have evidence that what they are telling you is a lie. For instance, when a husband tells a wife that the lights are off in the hallway and he keeps insisting that the lights are off, but in actuality the lights are on. But when the husband is gas-lighting the wife he will say “No the lights are off and you must be crazy for thinking the lights are on!” Even though the lights are obviously on.

But, in the Age of Covid, the entire population is not only the victim of gas-lighting but also the victim of this much more dangerous disorder, Munchausen by Proxy. We are all proxies, or victims, of someone else’s delusional disorder and their caustic attention seeking behavior. This is a malicious abuse of applied psychology and we are all in danger of being the victims of our abusers.

Do you feel sick? Do you think you need to take a test to prove you are sick? Do you think you need to take a vaccine for a sickness that’s never actually been proven to exist and a sickness which you see no evidence of in your day to day life? What does it mean when a healthy society is told they are sick, when they actually aren’t? What sort of measures would the authority figures go to to insist that a healthy society is sick? Maybe they will set up signs everywhere reminding people to keep distance from one another. Maybe they will force people to sit in tents when going out for dinner, tents that represent sterilized surgical theaters, or hospital rooms with the curtains pulled around the patient, covered in white plastic with pylon cones indicating danger and a potential threat of disease. Maybe they would impose their will on a healthy society by forcing that society to wear a mask over their mouth and noses.

United States citizens have been trained to normalize Munchausen Syndrome through the various health issues that are raised in each “Awareness Month” in a calendar year. Take a look at all the diseases or health issues we run marathons for, wear special ribbons for, change our Facebook screens for, remind people about, raise awareness of with our coworkers and friends, put on community bake sales for, have moments of silence for, etc. It’s a never-ending stream of activities and promotional events to never let us forget that everyday of every month in every year there are a mountain of diseases, illnesses and health crises that need our attention.

This is what I could find with just a quick search. I’m sure there’s more:

January

Cervical Health Awareness Month
National Birth Defects Prevention Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Radon Action Month
National Stalking Awareness Month
National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Awareness Month
Thyroid Awareness Month
National Folic Acid Awareness Week (Jan. 5–11)

February

AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
American Heart Month
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
African Heritage and Health Week (first week of February)
Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week (Feb. 3–9)
World Cancer Day (Feb. 4)
National “Wear Red” Day for women’s heart health (Feb. 7)
Give Kids a Smile Day (Feb. 7)
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (Feb. 7–14)
Heart Failure Awareness Week (Feb. 9–15)
National Donor Day (Feb. 14)
Condom Week (Feb. 14–21)
Eating Disorders Awareness and Screening Week (Feb. 24–March 1)

March

Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Endometriosis Awareness Month
National Kidney Month
National Nutrition Month
National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
Save Your Vision Month
Trisomy Awareness Month
National Sleep Awareness Week (March 1–7)
National School Breakfast Week (March 2–6)
Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 8–14)
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 10)
World Kidney Day (March 12)
World Sleep Day (March 13)
National Poison Prevention Week (March 15–21)
Brain Awareness Week (March 16–22)
National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 20)
World Tuberculosis Day (March 24)
American Diabetes Alert Day (March 24)
Purple Day for epilepsy awareness (March 26)
National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (March 30–April 5)
National Youth Violence Prevention Week (March 30–April 3)

April

Alcohol Awareness Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
National Autism Awareness Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Donate Life Month
National Facial Protection Month
National Minority Health Month
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
Occupational Therapy Month
Oral Cancer Awareness Month
Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
STD Awareness Month
Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
National Minority Cancer Awareness Month
National Public Health Week (April 6–12)
National Alcohol Screening Day (April 7)
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) Day (April 5)
World Health Day (April 7)
National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (April 10)
National Infertility Awareness Week (April 19–25)
Every Kid Healthy Week (April 20–24)
World Meningitis Day (April 24)
World Immunization Week (April 24–30)
National Infant Immunization Week (April 26–May 3)

May

American Stroke Awareness Month
Arthritis Awareness Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
Clean Air Month
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
Food Allergy Action Month
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
Healthy Vision Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
International Mediterranean Diet Month
Lupus Awareness Month
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
Mental Health Month
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
Ultraviolet Awareness Month
National Physical Education and Sport Week (May 1–7)
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (May 3–9)
National Hurricane Preparedness Week (May 3–9)
National Neuropathy Awareness Week (May 4–10)
World Hand Hygiene Day (May 5)
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day (May 9)
National Women’s Health Week (May 10–16)
National Stuttering Awareness Week (May 11–17)
ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day 2020 (May 12)
Food Allergy Awareness Week (May 12–18)
National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week (May 13–19)
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (May 18)
National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (May 19)
World Autoimmune Arthritis Day (May 20)
World Preeclampsia Day (May 22)
National Senior Health Fitness Day (May 27)
Don’t Fry Day (May 29)

June

Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
Cataract Awareness Month
Hernia Awareness Month
Men’s Health Month
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
National Safety Month
National Scleroderma Awareness Month
Scoliosis Awareness Month
National Cancer Survivors Day (June 7)
Men’s Health Week (June 10–16)
Family Health and Fitness Day (June 13)
World Sickle Cell Day (June 19)
Shades for Migraine: Global Migraine Awareness Day (June 21)
PTSD Awareness Day (June 27)
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week (June 28–July 4)

July

Cord Blood Awareness Month
International Group B Strep Throat Awareness Month
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month
World Hepatitis Day (July 28)

August

Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Gastroparesis Awareness Month
National Breastfeeding Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
World Breastfeeding Week (Aug. 1–7)
National Health Center Week (Aug. 9–15)

September

Blood Cancer Awareness Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Healthy Aging Month
National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National Cholesterol Education Month
National Food Safety Education Month
National ITP Awareness Month
National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
National Preparedness Month
National Recovery Month
National Sickle Cell Month
National Yoga Awareness Month
Newborn Screening Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Pain Awareness Month
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Sepsis Awareness Month
Sexual Health Awareness Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
World Alzheimer’s Month
Usher Syndrome Awareness Day (third Saturday)
National Suicide Prevention Week (Sept. 6–12)
World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept. 10)
World Sepsis Day (Sept. 13)
National Celiac Disease Awareness Day (Sept. 13)
National School Backpack Awareness Day (Sept. 16)
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (Sept. 18)
Falls Prevention Day (Sept. 24)
Sport Purple for Platelets Day (Sept. 25)
World Rabies Day (Sept. 28)
National Women’s Health and Fitness Day (Sept. 30)
World Heart Day (Sept. 29)

October

Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
Health Literacy Month
Healthy Lung Month
Home Eye Safety Month
National ADHD Awareness Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
National Medical Librarians Month
National Physical Therapy Month
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
Spina Bifida Awareness Month
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct. 4–10)
Malnutrition Awareness Week (Oct. 5–9)
World Cerebral Palsy Day (Oct. 6)
National Depression Screening Day (Oct. 8)
World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10)
Bone and Joint Health National Action Week (Oct. 12–20)
Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day (Oct. 13)
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day (Oct. 15)
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (Oct. 15)
International Infection Prevention Week (Oct. 16–22)
World Food Day (Oct. 16)
National Healthcare Quality Week (Oct. 18–24)
World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day (Oct. 19)
National Health Education Week (Oct. 20–24)
International Stuttering Awareness Day (Oct. 22)
Respiratory Care Week (Oct. 25–31)
World Psoriasis Day (Oct. 29)

November

American Diabetes Month
Bladder Health Month
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
National Epilepsy Awareness Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Healthy Skin Month
National Hospice Palliative Care Month
National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Prematurity Awareness Month
World Antibiotic Awareness Week (Nov. 11–17)
World Prematurity Day (Nov. 17)
GERD Awareness Week (Nov. 17–23)
Great American Smokeout (Nov. 19)
International Survivors of Suicide Day (Nov. 21)
National Family Health History Day (Nov. 26)

December

World AIDS Day (Dec. 1)
National Handwashing Awareness Week (Dec. 6–12)

You’ll notice the months with less entries (July and December) are the months that are less profitable for fundraising. Organizations and non profits that center their success around any given “Awareness Month” have a harder time running fundraising for July and December, when people are typically on a vacation holiday and spend their money on themselves.

But, it is no wonder that we are so easily convinced COVID19 is a real health crisis. We have been programmed to center our lives and activities around human health crises every single month of our lives. We never get a break from it.

In reality, when you dig deep into these Awareness Month health crises, you will find that statistically speaking very few people suffer from the diseases we are supposed to empty our bank accounts to support.

I’m thinking of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (October) in particular. More women die of heart disease and heart attacks than they do of breast cancer. But you don’t see any warm fuzzy feel good stories (paid for by companies that support allopathic medicine) promoting healthy diet and exercise.

Is Awareness Month just another money making scheme or to exploit our good will, a never ending time suck to dupe and gas-light the public into donating their income, personal time and energy to “the cause”? Is this why it has been so easy to manipulate the good will of American citizens in the Age of Covid? The never ending stream of diseases during “Awareness Month” tend to batter us relentlessly, telling us that in some way we are always sick. We are always guilted and shamed into setting aside our time, money and energy into supporting causes for diseases we see very little evidence of. They exist, but do we need to fill every day of the year on our Calendar to remind us that only a small percentage of the population is affected by these diseases?

Those who are spreading their psychological disorder of Munchausen Syndrome on all of us, and insisting that we are sick when we are not, are turning a healthy society into a profoundly sick society. This sickness is in the form of a deep desire to be COVID19 positive so we can gain the love and trust of the authorities who are telling us we are sick. This sickness is in the shallow need for emotional support from the community at large. I have personally seen people on social media who were tested early on for COVID19 revel in their quarantine, and turn into raging narcissistic attention whores. This sick behavior is indicative of a different kind of sickness, one where we lavish in the attention of our oppressors and fiercely defend them to our detriment and even demise. This sickness also emotionally triggers our desire to do good and follow orders. This sickness has been the excuse we need to shame and humiliate those who don’t fall in line.

This isn’t COVID19. This is Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy. It’s so easy to believe we are sick because we’ve been played for so long and we’ve been trained to be played.

Just look at your calendar.

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