Posted by Toph on October 20, 2004, at 22:58:41
In reply to Re: Munchausen by Internet, posted by Mark H. on October 20, 2004, at 19:53:05
This whole Munchhausen thing is really bugging me. I recall posing a while back this idea that there were fake characters, alter-egos, that Bob created to fill his PB site created to test the reaction of others, spurn idealization of the moderator, whatever. I got what felt like a terse denial which I accepted. Now I'm beginning to wonder whether some of the posters aren't actually Munchers - researchers like Feldman who dabble in PB while doing their research, or Bob's graduate students, who like Matt, need a little material for a paper, or therapists who hear about PB from patients and can't help themselves by investigating the forum that their patients rave about in session. Bob, how about a survey of participants to see how many of us have ever received psychiatric treatment, how many are voyeurs, and how many are clinicians, students, researchers, etc? Maybe you already have an estimate of how many participants are not recovering psychiatric patients. I for one would like to know.
-Toph
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