I do wonder if Cassies sister had not been on stage would she have been more willing to accept That she is struggling.  That father said he loved her ect but the sister was not sympathetic. And referred to her as a liar more than once. Hid should have been between her and her father. If its attention the girl needs bringing a sibling doesn't help not when she's trying to catch her out like the Facebook example.  


I think Dr Phil hand led it with just rather right a mount of facts to not send the girl over the edge but at the same time make it clear what the facts were.  I hope she does get the help from dr phil and recovers from this.

My heart broke for Cassie and as a Daddy's girl myself I could feel his pain, I could see he loved and was concerned for his daugther.  I do believe that Cassie believed she was pregnant ... I saw this lonely, insecure and hurting young girl on the show ... I felt like her, I've been there with the loneliness and sadness that comes with it.

I don't know what happened to her as a child but it is obvious it snowballed throughout her life and as she appeared to "feel" alone, she created herself a life that she had always wanted.  To those who have left unkind comments about Cassie, becareful in what you say ... as someone who suffers from mental health myself, you never know where life will take you or what will happen.

Just a quick example ... my brother and father worked for the same company, out of the blue the ****hole owner turns up and said "people, the company is closed ... all the payments you are entitled to (in Australia we get Long Service Leave/Pay, four weeks holidays and when a company closes there is usually an eight week payment to all staff) ... my Dad, Brother and their colleagues got zip while this bloke retained his fancy house in a fancy suburb and in fact retained the company due to lax laws he was able to rename and break the company up and literally open the same company with a new name 30 klms down the road.

Why this story ... well, I watched my strong father detoriate.  He was bewildered that anyone could do this, he was angry and sad that someone could "steal" his rightfully hard worked for money ... Dad being Dad was also stressing and concerned for his colleagues.  In less than ten years of this happening he died, unexpetedly.  So as I was saying, what what you are saying in the negative manner ... you never know like Cassie or my Dad & Brother when life will turn you upside down and leave you either with the strength to go on or leave you broken and hard to cope with life.

From my heart, I hope everyone in this family are working together to return to a family unit ... Cassie is not a malicious person, she had a damaging event at some point in her life and her way of handling it was to retreat into her own safe world ... Cassie's family need her and Cassie needs her family.

I think it is clear to see that this poor girl is suffering from mental illness. It is obvious she is not well, she has sad empty eyes, minimal facial expression, and there is a numbness about her soul. Poor darling. She needs a soft place to fall and people suffering like Cassie don't do well with tough love. It is known that she has a history of childhood sexual abuse. Child abuse changes who you are for life and mental illness left untreated will shred a family apart, I know from agonising experience. She needs a lot of support, specialised therapy and medication, more than likely. Where is her mother? The imaginery friends on FB, the embellished stories, the false pregnancy could be Munchausen Syndrome or Borderline Personality, which can stem from severe child abuse, unresolved early childhood abandonment issues and emotional neglect. I completely understand Cassie's father and sister being tired of the tall stories - but - this story of pregnancy is Cassie's reality. Speaking from my own experience, I would say there has been a long history of manipulative, emotional abuse and extremely harsh and cruel vocabularly used in Cassie's family unit over the years. Hopefully Cassie will get professional help, and her family too, with some enlightenment and intensive family therapy or mediation. This family will be in good hands with Dr Phil!

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I was concerned about how Dr Phil got access to the various doctors' reports which he confronted Cassie with in the show. I'm surprised he could get copies of those without Cassie's knowledge and consent.

I'm sure it's all above board but I'm interested in the process.

I just saw the end of this show and agree totally that this delusional girl needs to put away and have intensive therapy! She will not respond to therapy outside of an institution ! 


I also agree that she lies so much she has put a noose around her neck and can't get out of it! My ex husband was like her! He told me that he was never married had no kids, was adopted and had a twin brother who he was taken away from! The story went on and on until I found out he had been married, had 2 children and never had a twin brother! I divorced him but come across a woman he dated and the stories had progressed and gotten worse! He will never change so you just accept the bull and just laugh when they tell you anything! 


This girl not only lies but is very cruel and vindictive! The father was obviously shattered and cares very much which she doesn't deserve! I am sorry, but she reallydoesn't deserve sympathy because she has taken the lies and accused her father of murder!  She knows that she wasn't pregnant ! She may insist and protest the fact but she knows that she wasn't pregnant! Her responses showed that her focus wasn't on the loss of her ImagInary baby! 


My heart goes out to the father!

My heart broke for the father of the liar! A lot of people have had really hard childhoods including me but to be as mean as this girl is a real problem! The liars family are reaching out to her and she is so twisted that she attacks them! I think she should stop feeling sorry for herself and think about others not to mention get a reality check!




I think she is spoilt and thinks the world revolves around her with a delusional problem! I have known people like her and they don't change! 

She does not always believe her own lies. She hesitates when she is confronted with cold hard fact. I don't think she's convinced.

My heart absolutely broke for Cassie. At first, I thought it would end up she'd gone through a false pregnancy. By the end of the show, knowing that she was emotionally broken enough that she truly believes that everything she stated actually took place, that was heart-wrenching. My heart goes out to her and I hope she and her family are able to get counselling to address these issues so that Cassie can get the support she needs to recover.

Dr Phil, I believe that a 7 month pregnancy is a BABY, not a FETUS.  Furthermore, 80% of miscarriages occur before 12 weeks.  Very few occur in the second trimester so for one to occur in the 3rd trimester probably is very unlikely.  Why didn't you bring these facts to Cassie's attention?

We all need a certain amount of attention to survive. It's normal and healthy. Crying babies need their mother's attention, right? Cassie suffered trauma as a child. Perhaps she needed attention to help her cope with the damage that remained with her, unseen, unaddressed. The effects of trauma are deep and complex. It's not usually possible for an individual to heal without expert help, especially a child. Maybe attention is exactly what Cassie actually needs, but she does not have the tools to get attention in a healthy way. She may not understand what her needs really are, or how to get them met in a direct way. That's one effect of trauma. Trauma survivors can experience an internal detachment from reality . That disconnection can present itself in ways that are confusing and complex to most people. Right now, she can't help it. She's caught in an impossible internal dilemma. She is suffering more than anyone else in this situation. If you really understood that, I don't think you would want to make it worse for her.  Please be careful not to encourage further feelings of shame upon her because it seems she is going to desperate lengths to soothe herself from a profound feeling of emptiness. The more she feels alienated, the deeper she will descend into her inner world for comfort. I'm sure on some level, she was aware she would be "caught" by Dr. Phil. She is crying out for help. Please consider supporting her effort to reach out by responding with compassion, not by using shaming language to label her in a way that makes her feel she is someone different, or less-than. It showed courage to appear on the show. I'm sure her willingness to appear on Dr. Phil will help others with similar issues not feel so alone. It would be great if those people saw support for Cassie. They may trust the possibility that they too, are deserving of healing.