Book Review: Sickened

Sickened by Julie Gregory is a horrifying true story about growing up with a mother who has Munchausen by Proxy which is defined as "a relatively uncommon condition that involves the exaggeration or fabrication of illness or symptoms by a primary caretaker. One of the most harmful forms of child abuse, MBPS was named after Baron von Munchausen, an 18th-century German dignitary known for telling outlandish stories." (source)

This book seriously had my stomach churning and my skin crawling. It is constant abuse from start to finish. It is unfathomable to me that something like this can actually exist. Julie's mother constantly drugged her child and had her nose stuck in medical books to think up new symptoms dragging Julie from doctor to doctor and having countless invasive procedures performed on her child.

She was abused by the MBPS as well as other physical and emotional abuse. She was denied a childhood and her confidence in herself. She was forced to abuse others and be her mothers source of support. Her journey is long and painful but in the end she does dig herself out.

Although this book was painful to read it was something I finished in 2 days because her story held my complete interest from start to finish.

I am on a search for new books and kinda want to branch out of the ones I normally read. What are your suggestions? Thanks!