Originally posted by PJ's Mom
I am estranged from my one and only sister. She treats my mom like crap..constantly pretending to be sick and pretending to have mental illness to worry her and get attention. (she does suffer from depression, but is also a hypocondriac among other things) She also doesn't take very good care of her 4 year old daughter.

I too suffer from MDD ( Major Depressive Disorder) Just so you know it took me years to figure out why I stayed so sick...Depression causes so many physical symptoms that I had no clue about ! Maybe your sister is not hypocondriac at all ! Maybe she is NOT pretending, from what you have told us here she is far from healthy and I doubt very seriously pretending ! Best thing I can tell you to do is read up on MDD...
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