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   Lee Ayrton to All   
   Munchhausen's by Internet.   
   20 Jun 16 13:48:36   
   
   From: layrton481@gmail.com   
      
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   “We’ve all heard the expression ‘It’s too good to be true’ — but   
   it’s   
   also the case that if it’s too bad to be true, you start to wonder,”   
   said Feldman, who has studied patients with Munchausen syndrome and   
   other factitious disorders for more than two decades. “Some of these   
   individuals just pile on the catastrophes.”   
      
      
   https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/who-would   
   fake-a-tragedy-on-facebook-just-to-get-sympathy-and-attention/20   
   6/06/20/fac0150e-018d-11e6-9203-7b8670959b88_story.html   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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