The couple, devastated by the pain of not being pregnant, created a big deception: The couple kept deceiving themselves and their family for years.

In today’s modern and fast-paced lifestyle, becoming parents is one of the most beautiful and emotional dreams in the life of every married couple. After a few years of marriage, when there is no laughter in the house, then the pressure of the society and the inner tension of the person shakes any person from within. Sometimes this despair becomes so deep that the person gets cut off from mental balance and the world of reality and starts living in an imaginary world, where all his sorrows disappear as if by magic. Recently, one such very strange, shocking and emotional case has come to light from the field of medicine and counseling, which has proved how deep and dangerous the burden of mental stress and social expectations can have on the human mind. This incident has once again sparked a debate on how much couples struggling with infertility or childlessness need not only medical help but also deep psychological and family support, so that they can avoid falling into such mental darkness.

The story begins with an ordinary married couple who were deprived of the happiness of becoming parents naturally even after many years of marriage. In the beginning everything was normal, doctors were consulted, various small and big tests were done and traditional treatments were also resorted to. But when continuous failure occurred and the taunts from family and society or the repeated piercing questions became too much, it started having a very bad effect on the mental health of the couple. While the wife descended into a deep and terrible depression, the husband also could not handle the deteriorating mental balance of his wife. The fear of appearing weak in front of the society and the insistence on proving themselves as a ‘complete family’ created a strange protective shield within both of them. They were so dejected that instead of accepting their reality, they thought it better to close their eyes to it and from here the foundation of a big and dangerous deception was laid, which later on shook the entire family.

It is the nature of the human mind that when it is unable to face the bitter truth, it creates an empire of lies around itself which it itself gradually starts accepting as truth. This couple also did something similar. To escape the desperate pain of not getting pregnant, she started telling a huge and elaborate lie in front of her own home and family members. Initially this was limited to mutual conversations only, but gradually he fabricated and presented this lie in such a way that his parents, relatives and neighbors also started believing in his imaginary world completely. They were completely unaware that this temporary mental relief would later turn into such a legal and medical problem for them that it would be impossible to get out of. This habit of lying increased to such an extent that they started showing off all those changes in their daily life and behavior which are usually seen in the life of a mother-to-be, so that no one could have even the slightest doubt about their secret conspiracy.

Every lie has a duration and one cannot hide the truth forever even if one wants to, something similar was seen in this high-profile and sensitive case also. With the passage of time, when nine months of so-called pregnancy were claimed to be completed and the time of delivery came closer, an atmosphere of happiness was created in the family and preparations for going to the hospital started. But to hide one lie, one has to tell a hundred lies and no deception can last long in front of medical science. When a very normal and routine medical examination was conducted to check the family pressure and reality, the report of that examination left the entire couple shocked. When the doctor presented the data of ultrasound and other medical tests, it became clear that there was no child growing in the womb and this entire story was just a mental imagination or a big lie. That one single medical report, in a moment, scattered this fabric woven over years like betel leaves and the truth came out in front of everyone like milk of milk and water of water.

When this truth was revealed, the entire family was stunned as to how their own son and daughter-in-law could tell such a big lie to them for so long. Initially the family members were very angry at him and a situation of distrust was created, but when we delved deeper into the matter and talked to psychologists and counselors, a very scary and sensitive picture emerged. Doctors clarified that this was not an ordinary fraud or crime, but was the result of a serious psychological condition called ‘Pseudocyesis’ or a mental disorder caused by extreme mental stress, in which a person, out of frustration, believes his own imagination to be true. This incident has put a huge mirror in front of the society that we should not put unnecessary pressure on the people around us, especially those couples who are failing to conceive, because social taunts and family expectations can completely destroy the mental balance of any person. Only mental health counseling at the right time and support from loved ones can bring someone out of such terrible accidents and mental turmoil.