Can  fake  illness  become  real?
964884
It won't become real in the sense, they won't catch the flu from pretending to have it, but their body may start simulating the symptoms associated with that particular illness. This is called phsycosomatic illness. Its somewhat self-inflicted, but can come about subconciously if there is a great enough desire to experience such effects...\nOne particular case was where a girl exhibted most of the signs of pregnancy, without obviously having sex, and without the swelling of the abdomen, simply because the desire to have a child was so great...
23368
Its possible but some times its not good to do so by medicines etc.
599101
You are freaking me out! I didn't see that particular episode, but the show IS usually medically accurate, so I assume that this can really happen.\nHowever, it is probably extremely rare.
888312
I should think not.  People have been known to exert themselves when they are sick and their cold has gone into pneumonia.  Your body needs rest to fight off the illness.
283201
What if i dun think its not real... then i think its real right? but what if it really isnt real? then wouldnt it really be wrong? But what if im really wrong about it being real, then it might really be real... \n\nhaha... that was a mouthfull...
336570
The voices in my head tell me what's real.  Just like this question.  It's not real.\n\nNice try though.
432994
If the mental illness has a significant neurological basis, then it may be possible, but in general, no.  This may change over time as psychologists/neurologists better understand what to look for.  For Example, it theorized that psychopaths show decreased levels of functioning (blood-flow based) in the amydgla or emotion center of the brain.
824992
Yes.Pity he is not forced to live in the REAL world for a change, and not the imaginary one he appears to have created in his head.! Lets see HIM waiting three weeks + when he is ill to see his doctor! Lets see HIM waiting months for a hospital appt!! Lets see HIM wait for a year+ to have an operation!!! Lets see HIM living like the rest of us for a change!!!!!! He wouldn't know whats hit him!!!!
338896
After "not getting real" for long enough your reality will change and your not getting real will become getting real and you'll have the same amount of friends that you had before. \n\nDeep ... very deep.
31155
Only if you believe the disinformation campaign where stuff like this was orginially published.  Fact is that this cannot be done.  Just won't happen.  University study after University study has shown that you can't control people with hypnosis.  Makes for good TV and fanatasies but not reality.
509540
scary yes. but absurd. People walking into a village of dead bodies like they were all killed at the same time. That's totally fake. It's a flu virus and virus takes time to kill someone. Only way you would see such death if someone released a chemical nerve gas agent that kills you in seconds.
801522
Make fun of us.  "Monk" pointsw out how perspicuous our disorder is.  Though not fully accepted by the public as a disability, OCD's are very real to us.  My mother called me up bawling and begging forgiveness after realization.  I would start with ridiculing us for the seemingly nonsensical and irrational reactions we have to seemingly rational situations.  I would then pound into the audience these perceptions are quite real to some of us.  You will likely gain a heightened interest by some simply because of the absurdity of the disorder and gain some sympethizers with some very real stories.  Before you mimnimize this disorder....I have fully come to terms with the fact my OCD's will ultimately contribute to the demise of my life and everything I have ever loved.  Beliefs or not, they will end me.
71608
In prayer ask God to open your eyes and reveal His truths to you. It is difficult to tell the difference between real from fake, only with God's help can you do so.
1115309
It is said to be real.....but reenacted
679642
What do you mean by real?
119445
Yep its real.  Hope u got your answer now.
403836
I can't discount the possibility of there being real live psychics out there somewhere, but I do know that anyone who is trying to sell you their powers, like the amazing Miss Cleo, is a fake, phony charlatan. Be skeptical, Demand proof.