A scheming woman pretends to be pregnant and divorced, while a scheming woman pretends to have morning sickness

Fake pregnancy and feigned morning sickness are psychological manipulation techniques that scheming women may use to achieve emotional control or marital intervention by creating the illusion of pregnancy. This type of behavior usually involves deceptive means such as performative morning sickness, falsifying pregnancy test results, and exaggerating pregnancy reactions, which may cause serious harm to the partner relationship. Fake pregnancy often involves carefully designed performance details. The parties involved will deliberately imitate the physiological changes of pregnant women, such as morning nausea, changes in appetite or waist circumference, and even purchase pregnancy test sticks to manipulate the results. Some people may fake the appearance of a pregnant belly through short-term weight gain or clothing cover up, while using social media to post suggestive content to enhance credibility. This kind of deception usually requires continuous observation of the behavior patterns of real pregnant women for imitation, and psychological motivations are often related to relationship control, property disputes, or emotional retaliation.

In extreme cases, it may develop into pathological lies. A small number of implementers may experience somatic symptoms, such as experiencing real morning sickness due to psychological suggestion, which is known as pseudo pregnancy in psychology. This group of people may have a borderline personality tendency and maintain relationships by creating a sense of crisis. In some cases, they may engage in complex deceptive behaviors such as forging prenatal examination reports and fabricating fetal movement experiences. Their psychological mechanisms are associated with childhood trauma or pathological attachment patterns.

When encountering such emotional manipulation, one should maintain rational evidence collection, and it is recommended to verify the authenticity through a regular hospital pregnancy examination. At the same time, attention should be paid to retaining evidence such as communication records. When there is a crisis of trust in a marital relationship, one can seek the intervention of a psychological counselor and use techniques such as sand table therapy or family system alignment to rebuild communication channels. Long term emotional extortion may be suspected of mental abuse, and if necessary, support can be sought from women's federations or legal aid agencies, with a focus on protecting the mental health of underage children from harm.