The Dimentia Of Rosie O'Donnell

In an article I read regarding Rosie O'Donnell's book, the author describes the book as "brave." She describes Rosie the same way. I personally like to describe her as "insane," "unstable," "certifiable," "wacko."

Below is an excerpt from the article:

But reading this passage is heart-breaking. Rosie, who lost her mother at age 10, felt she couldn’t get attention or sympathy otherwise.

She broke her own bones, she recalls, “my hands and fingers usually. No one knew. It was a secret.” She used a Mets baseball bat she got on bat day or the hanger. Why? It was “proof I had some value, enough to be fixed.” She recalls that she was no longer sad about her mother’s death, but “distracted.”

Rosie also dangles another clue about her childhood in two sentences. “There were many benefits to having a cast. In the middle of the night, it was a weapon.”

Take special note of the words "attention" and "sympathy."

Now, note below the definition of Munchausen Syndrome:

A psychiatric disorder in which those affected feign disease, illness, or psychological trauma in order to draw attention or sympathy to themselves. (Emphasis mine.)

Obviously, someone knew she was breaking her bones (if she indeed was) because she describes how a cast is a useful weapon. Whatever that means remains a mystery. And even if she didn't break her hands or fingers, just saying she did to garner attention could still probably be considered something similar to Munchausen's.

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