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Hmm, I am not sure I understand the context for your comment. I do think social media is leading to social contagions of all kinds right now, though I am not sure how Munchausen's would be implicated.

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Try this: a wave of psychological hypochondria to gain attention or to excuse oneтАЩs insecurities. It cheapens the experience of those who really have the problem.

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Ah, ok, I think I have a better sense of what you means. I do think it is possible that social media is leading to this sort of social contagion. The psychological processes involved are probably unconscious rather than deliberately manipulative.

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Most aren't deliberate, but some definitely are, and social media is not the only culprit. But that's just my opinion.

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Rebecca, I caught auto-correct mistake: I meant "psychological hypochondria", not "physiological".

I need to set the font bigger on my iPhone, I guess. *sigh*

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