Rightly or wrongly, I think the fact that people now speak out more about their mental health issues means that many now know personally someone who they feel is 'milking' their own condition, exaggering it for the sake of special treatment. Not that we think all our acquaintance with issues are exaggerating for effect but that we know at least one of them who we feel is.
Rightly or wrongly, I think the fact that people now speak out more about their mental health issues means that many now know personally someone who they feel is 'milking' their own condition, exaggering it for the sake of special treatment. Not that we think all our acquaintance with issues are exaggerating for effect but that we know at least one of them who we feel is.