Taking A Look At Gypsy's Behavior

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Today you men, and women will be learning about Gypsy Rose, and her trauma, and what her mother had put her through. Gypsy grew up with her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. Dee was making claims about Gypsy health. Gypsy actually was perfectly fine, her mother had just been lying about her symptoms.Experts believe Gypsy mother Dee Dee’s behavior stemmed from the mental disorder Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Dee Dee wanted to be a caretaker, she faked and induced illness in her daughter. Truth about Gypsy and Dee Dee only came out after Gypsy arranged for an online boyfriend to murder her mother in 2015. Gypsy was born in Golden Meadow, La, on July 27, 1991. When Gypsy was only a baby, Dee Dee claimed Gypsy had sleep apnea. When Gypsy was 8 years …show more content…

Gypsy also went through multiple surgeries, including procedures on her eyes, and removal of her salivary glands. When her teeth rotted out, perhaps due to the medications she was on, missing salivary glands, or neglect, her teeth got pulled out. Sad truth is Gypsy could walk, she didn't need a feeding tube, and she also did not have cancer. Her head was only bald because her mother shaved her hair off. Experts believe Dee Dee had a mental illness known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy, which made her fabricate her daughters ill health in order to receive attention and sympathy for taking care of her sick child. Dee Dee would stop seeing any doctors who questioned her daughters health, many caregivers went along with what Dee Dee wanted. Gypsy got some nurses in training, caretakers accurately described symptoms, and she sometimes gave Gypsy medication to mimic certain conditions. When Gypsy was 14, she saw a neurologist in Missouri who came to believe she was a victim of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. The doctor never reported her cause to the authorities. Later that doctor stated his belief that there wasn't enough evidence to support the act. 2009, an anonymous reporter stated that Dee Dee’s account of Gypsy’s ailments had no medical basis. The result of this action escalated to two caseworkers visiting their home, but Dee Dee convinced them there was nothing

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