If you file a claim for long term disability, one of the things the doctors and insurance representatives look for is whether or not the issues that you are suffering from are real or falsified – and if they aren’t real, if the falsification constitutes factitious disorder.
What is factitious disorder? This is a real psychological condition where someone is driven to fake the symptoms of an illness, either in themselves or another person, even when there is no logical reason to do so, such as to gain a monetary award.