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"I’m not entirely sure the migraines even existed. On a few occasions, Jack admitted to me that he faked being sick to get out of school. It’s plausible that Ja
by chaircher 5y ago
"I’m not entirely sure the migraines even existed. On a few occasions, Jack admitted to me that he faked being sick to get out of school. It’s plausible that Jack made them up to get out of school or socializing, and his well-meaning but enabling parents let him do it."
Oh come on man, occam's razor. Debilitatingly painful and difficult to treat medical condition in childhood results in social isolation and an opioid addiction. A kid faking being ill once doesn't discount an entire life ruining disability.
- coldtea 5y ago>Debilitatingly painful and difficult to treat medical condition in childhood results in social isolation and an opioid addiction Occams razor: tons of people have social isolation and/or opioid addiction, without "Debilitatingly painful and difficult to treat medical condition in childhood" (and the inverse). And he didn't say "faking being ill once", he said "n a few occasions", and those are just the ones he admitted to his friend.
- halfmatthalfcat 5y agoThey're speculating. The author states many, many times in the article they don't have full facts and are speculating based on inference and the parent's recollections including their own speculation.