Jordan Hope

My name is Jordan Hope. I also go by Jo. I use they, them pronouns. And I got into the field working with Munchausen by proxy abuse because I actually survived this abuse. I did not know about it until I was 22 years old. I grew up thinking that I had Munchausen asthma, a rare blood disease, a severe back disorder, many other ailments, broken bones, all these things.

My name is Jordan Hope. I also go by Jo. I use they, them pronouns. And I got into the field working with Munchausen by proxy abuse because I actually survived this abuse. I did not know about it until I was 22 years old. I grew up thinking that I had Munchausen asthma, a rare blood disease, a severe back disorder, many other ailments, broken bones, all these things.

I grew up thinking that I was sick and that I was dying. And I had a spinal fusion of my L5-S1 in my back when I was 16 years old because I thought I couldn't walk. I thought I had all these back issues. And it wasn't until 2018 when I was 22 and I was in an abnormal psychology

I grew up thinking that I was sick and that I was dying. And I had a spinal fusion of my L5-S1 in my back when I was 16 years old because I thought I couldn't walk. I thought I had all these back issues. And it wasn't until 2018 when I was 22 and I was in an abnormal psychology

class and we were just talking about Munchausen's and Munchausen by proxy and suddenly I was just flooded with memory after memory of what had happened to me. I emailed my therapy team and from there I reached out to Dr. Mark Feldman and I was like, wow, I'm just really passionate about this. I want to do something in this field.

class and we were just talking about Munchausen's and Munchausen by proxy and suddenly I was just flooded with memory after memory of what had happened to me. I emailed my therapy team and from there I reached out to Dr. Mark Feldman and I was like, wow, I'm just really passionate about this. I want to do something in this field.

I also do record review. So I read through records and help with putting all of the information together to be able to give to either other experts to write an affidavit or do expert testimony or witnessing and stuff like that, or just to help kind of have everything in one place to be able to give to CPS or law enforcement or other people that might be involved with these cases.

I also do record review. So I read through records and help with putting all of the information together to be able to give to either other experts to write an affidavit or do expert testimony or witnessing and stuff like that, or just to help kind of have everything in one place to be able to give to CPS or law enforcement or other people that might be involved with these cases.

Yes, it is very heavy. Yeah. So there's many terms that you've probably heard. There's munchausen by proxy, there's factitious disorder imposed on another, and medical child abuse. There's honestly like 10 other ones, but those are the three main terms that are used still. So some people will just say MBP. I oftentimes say MBPA as the acronym to really emphasize MBPA.

Yes, it is very heavy. Yeah. So there's many terms that you've probably heard. There's munchausen by proxy, there's factitious disorder imposed on another, and medical child abuse. There's honestly like 10 other ones, but those are the three main terms that are used still. So some people will just say MBP. I oftentimes say MBPA as the acronym to really emphasize MBPA.

The A being the abuse, someone shows my proxy abuse, and just really emphasizing that this is a type of abuse. This isn't just some mental health disorder that someone is suffering with. This is abuse that somebody is committing.

The A being the abuse, someone shows my proxy abuse, and just really emphasizing that this is a type of abuse. This isn't just some mental health disorder that someone is suffering with. This is abuse that somebody is committing.

Munchausen by proxy abuse is when a caretaker, typically a mother, induces, fabricates, or exaggerates illness for the purpose of gaining sympathy or attention from others. This is not something that someone is just suffering from. This is a choice that somebody is making. At some point when somebody commits this type of abuse, they are aware. There can be times where a person becomes unaware.

Munchausen by proxy abuse is when a caretaker, typically a mother, induces, fabricates, or exaggerates illness for the purpose of gaining sympathy or attention from others. This is not something that someone is just suffering from. This is a choice that somebody is making. At some point when somebody commits this type of abuse, they are aware. There can be times where a person becomes unaware.

Maybe they start to

Maybe they start to

have delusions or start to kind of believe the story that they've created but at some point within this type of abuse there is awareness there's other things that can be happening we see a lot of times there can be malingering so there can be trying to get other types of gains so this might be withholding someone's social security money or things like that or collecting that money for themselves

have delusions or start to kind of believe the story that they've created but at some point within this type of abuse there is awareness there's other things that can be happening we see a lot of times there can be malingering so there can be trying to get other types of gains so this might be withholding someone's social security money or things like that or collecting that money for themselves

Starting GoFundMe is doing all these different things to try to get money and doing that sort of stuff. But the whole thing underneath Munchausen by proxy abuse is that looking for attention or sympathy.

Starting GoFundMe is doing all these different things to try to get money and doing that sort of stuff. But the whole thing underneath Munchausen by proxy abuse is that looking for attention or sympathy.