Is it normal to want to get sick so you will get attention

I want to get hurt or sick so I can be taken into the hospital and get loads of attention. Is that really bad?

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38% Normal
Based on 8 votes (3 yes)
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  • paramore93

    Thinking it isn't great, but thoughts can be ignored ..
    If you start doing stuff to get yourself put into hospitals then you have munchausens syndrome ..
    If you get found out, when you actually get sick nobody will believe you ..
    Best to leave those thoughts as thoughts ..

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  • Becky95

    I get that. Really.

    I have wanted to hurt myself to get attention before.

    I've even though about how my smoking would eventually make me sick - and how then I'd get all this sympathy from it - like my dad got when he got lung cancer

    But like, I just get sick all the time now. Like very very bad sinus infections. My doctor said it's from me smoking constantly and drinking too much and that until I quit smoking and cut back on drinking this will keep happening to me

    I had a really serious case of pneumonia last year

    My doctor told me it was likely caused by my smoking! But I still didn't quit. Geez

    Anyways. Yes I think it's not that ab normal to want attention by getting sick

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  • RoseIsabella

    Sometimes I just feel like I'm going to have a heart attack. I'm laying in bed with palpitations, it's awful. I had a resting pulse of 125 BPM earlier today. It's like 83 right now, but I still feel like Hell. I can't tell if it's anxiety or something else. I feel so sad.

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