Harm for Attention: A Mental Illness Masquerading as Great Motherhood

Filmography "The Act" (2019): An American limited series adapted from a true social crime. The story depicts a mother who, for a long time, falsely claimed her daughter suffered from multiple serious illnesses such as leukemia, paralysis, and dementia, thereby gaining sympathy and donations from the public, while subjecting her daughter to prolonged confinement and inhumane medical abuse. "Run" (2020): Starring Sarah Paulson. It tells the shocking story of a girl who has been paralyzed and sickly since childhood, and who, on the verge of going to college, discovers that her mother has been feeding her "dog muscle relaxants" for a long time, and that all her illnesses were fabricated by her mother. "Phantom Thread" (2017): Starring Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis. This is an atypical and pathological love story. To keep the arrogant and uncontrollable genius designer by her side, the female protagonist intentionally adds poisonous mushrooms to his food, causing him to fall ill, thereby enjoying the pleasure of caretaking, thinking, "Only at this time is he completely dependent on me, belonging only to me." "It" (2017): The mother of Eddie, a member of the "Losers' Club" in the film, suffers from this condition. She constantly deceives the healthy Eddie into believing he has severe asthma, various allergies, and illnesses, forcing him to take large amounts of "placebos" (which are actually just sugar pills) to keep her son firmly by her side.

TV Series *Sharp Objects* (2018): HBO's high-quality dark suspense drama, adapted from the novel of the same name by the author of *Gone Girl*. The protagonist returns to her hometown to investigate a murder case, only to gradually uncover the terrifying secrets at the core of her family. Her mother has been poisoning her daughters with a blue potion for a long time, using their weakness and illness to showcase her 'loving mother' image. *The Politician* (2019): A Netflix black comedy. In the series, a character played by Zoey Deutch has a grandmother (played by Jessica Lange) who has long claimed her granddaughter has cancer to obtain free Disney tickets, restaurant invitations, and public sympathy, even forcing her to take medication to make her sick. *Monk*: In several episodes of the famous American drama, this illness was directly used as a hidden motive for murder, depicting how seemingly perfect victim families gain attention by chronically poisoning their relatives.

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