Gypsy Rose Blanchard

Was my mother aware that what she was doing was wrong?

And you told me that, yes, she was aware.

And of course, I went through my own emotions after that call.

But that is something that is hard for survivors.

It's a hard pill to swallow.

And it's something that, no, we can't sweep under the rug that they are, you know, they are

aware of it, but maybe, maybe you can correct me, is it something that they cannot control and then their, their for therapy needs to be the intervention?

Because I think that, you know, these people are humans, whether their actions are wrong or right or, or justified, not justified, they are humans and they are someone's loved one.

You know, they are someone's mother, they're someone's father, they're someone's caregiver, they're someone to someone, right?

And I know that sounds rich coming from me, but it's just part of it.

I wish that my mom would have been caught early, early on.

Because...

If there could have been something that she got caught, a lie, something, I could have been removed from her care and put in the care of my dad.

And that would have avoided so much because...

You know, a lot of people, maybe not the, you know, the true supporters and the people in our community, but there are the naysayers that don't even acknowledge me as a survivor because they feel that I was diagnosed with microdeletion 1Q21.1.

And

They sort of say, well, you were sick.

You were a sick child.

Therefore, she didn't have Munchausen by proxy.

Or she was never formally diagnosed with Munchausen by proxy.