@Outersider @JessTheUnstill (...)
individual who is "faking" is experiencing a legitimate social deficit and is seeking any community they can connect with, because they have no community connection that they can draw on otherwise. If anything, this is evidence of what we might call human zoochosis, though it is never a good idea to try and diagnose others (especially in abstract).
But in our experience, it's rare that a genuinely healthy person fakes disability, mental or physical. (/End)