So annoying

[DepressedWorm]

Basically,

There's this girl in my year that likes to pretend she has everything wrong with her. She basically fakes mental illness, which I know sounds horrible but if you could see what she does you would know that she's doing it for attention. (Everyone thinks this that knows her it's not just me, and she's been doing it for years as well) it's SUPER annoying cus she copies other people's illness and things, e.g ive got a friend, let's call her Dory. She has a condition where she's always in so much main constantly, she has to take lots of drugs daily and a lot of the time the pain gets so bad she has to get in a wheelchair. But for some reason my school doesn't understand this and teachers get annoyed when they have to move classes downstairs because she physically can't go upstairs as she's in a wheelchair. Even if she's in so much pain she never once complains, she's even so stubborn then when she's struggling, she refused help! Then there's, let's call her Lucy, Lucy copies Dory and starts bringing in hot water bottles and pillows complaining that she has a 'bad back', suffers from anxiety, panic attacks and depression, she's also mentioned she's heard voices, seen the ghosts of her parents (even though they're alive, she doesnt live with her birth parents) and just copies other people's actual symptoms. She's been doing this for ages, trying to get any ounce of attention she can get and it's really annoying, she smiles through it all as if she's taking the mick. It's disgusting. It's people like her that stop me and others from getting help, because people always think people with illness are doing it for attention, when they're not! She got to go home today cause she ' fainted ' cus she went an hour without eating food. She pretends to struggle with eating (she got that from me). My other friend, who struggles herself with a lot of things always tries to help her regardless, she got her food, she got the first aider and everything, Lucy got to go home early, yet where's Dory? Stuck in class in pain. It sucks soooo much. Dory even comes into school crying almost everyday. Then she sees Lucy getting to go home early, and having all this help and support while she gets nothing. I'm sorry this was so long I just needed to get this out my system, there's so much more to this but I'd have to write a novel before you'd get informed of you reached this far XD

[b1b1b1]

I feel sorry for the person who pretends to have illnesses. If she acts this way she does have a serious problem. She may be doing it for attention, but needing to go to such an extreme for attention is still a serious problem. You can gently suggest that she see the school social worker or psiachrist. Other than that I don't see that there is too much that you can do. She should not, however, be bullied.

[sweetiepye]

Dear DW , I'm not at all convinced that this is any of your concern . Your school has plenty of professional people who are aware of the situation and more than likely are handling it. Your job is to concentrate on your studies and to be kind to those less fortunate. Mrs. Shira

[DepressedWorm in reply to sweetiepye]

It is though. I haven't explained the full story, but she also harms herself right in front of my friend, I know it sounds really harsh to accuse her of faking it but you'd have to be there to understand, we are all trying really hard to stay kind to her but she's not exactly doing the same to us. She does things that can sometimes trigger me and my friends. And I know it's on purpose to get some sort of reaction. Again I know it sounds really mean, but I promise you when me and her were still friends I tried everything I could to help her but it seemed like she didn't want help, we were just going round in circles and eventually me being around her was starting to get triggering and still kinda is. Sorry if I sound like I'm being really mean, I know if you have an actual illness it sucks for someone to think your faking it. (I know because my parents do) sorry for the long paragraph to

[b1b1b1]

I would reiterate that this person has very serious problems. Since you cannot help her directly, it sounds serious enough to bring it to the attention of the school counselor or a teacher.

[DepressedWorm in reply to b1b1b1]

I don't think the teachers would believe us if we said she was most likely faking tbh. I just don't know what to do, it's legitimately horrible, it's feels worse than bullying. We can't report it, and she's targeting and mental illnesses, whilst getting people on her side 😭😭

[b1b1b1]

It sounds like you are angry. Just mention to the teachers that you think she may need help. You don't have to say why.