Julie Gregory not only found the courage to survive, but to save others. Munchausen by proxy (MBP) is the world's most dangerous form of child abuse, in which the caretaker – almost always the mother – invents or induces symptoms in her child because she craves attention from medical professionals. This child will not ruin her plans.įrom early childhood, Julie Gregory was continually x-rayed, medicated and operated on – in the vain pursuit of an illness that was all in her mother's mind. She checks her teeth for lipstick and, as the doctor enters, shoots the girl a warning glance. Sickened: The True Story of a Lost Childhood by Julie Gregory 3.73 Rating details 18,502 ratings 1,390 reviews A young girl is perched on the cold chrome of yet another doctor’s examining table, missing yet another day of school.
She's about to suggest open heart surgery on her child to 'get to the bottom of this'. Julie Gregory shares her heartbreaking story in Sickened. Her mother, on the other hand, seemsĬuriously excited.
It's 4 pm and she hasn't eaten anything all day.
Just 12 years old, she's tall, skinny and weak. A powerful and heartbreakingly moving memoir of a survivor of the world's most lethal and best hidden forms of child abuse.Ī young girl is perched on yet another doctor's examining table, missing yet another day of school.
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