0100 Surviving Medical Child Abuse and Munchausen by Proxy

About this episode

Charissa shares her harrowing experiences with medical child abuse and the complexities of navigating the child welfare system.

Chaos didn’t arrive all at once for Charissa; it accumulated.. custody hearings, restraining orders, police lights outside the window, until crisis felt like the only rhythm of home. We sit with her through the memories most people look away from: sibling fights recorded for proof, eighty-plus CPS reports that opened and closed like revolving doors, and a medical maze where stimulants and SSRIs masked trauma instead of meeting needs. What emerges is a rare, unflinching map of how systems miss...

People in this episode

Host: Jennica Sadhwani

Guest: Charissa

Topics covered

• medical child abuse
• Munchausen by Proxy
• child welfare
• trauma
• mental health
• family dynamics

Keywords

• medical child abuse
• Munchausen by Proxy
• CPS reports
• trauma
• mental health
• family conflict
• custody hearings

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CPS

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