How to Fake Stomach Pain for Work, School, or Meeting

“Don’t judge me!” Sometimes, we just don’t want to go anywhere and want nobody to do anything about that. Well, faking a stomach ache can be your way out. So, in this post, you will learn about the simple tricks anyone can use to fake stomach pain and get away with it. It could be for school, work, or to avoid a meeting.

It is perfectly OK to know how to fake stomach pain to get out of something, be it school, work, a meeting, or hanging out with friends. A simple stomach ache will do the trick because nobody has evidence that you don’t have stomach ache symptoms. You can fake stomach pain just by displaying the symptoms. However, you need to make your performance convincing and believable enough.

How to Fake Stomach Pain

how to fake stomach pain

As I mentioned earlier, anyone can fake stomach aches; it is just so simple to get away with it. Just do the following to fake stomach pain for parents, school, friends, or colleagues:

1. Show Signs of Stomach Pain

According to the Mayo Clinic, the general signs of stomach pain include:

  1. Severe pain
  2. Fever
  3. Bloody stools
  4. Persistent nausea and vomiting
  5. Weight loss
  6. Yellow skin
  7. Severe tenderness when you touch your abdomen
  8. Swelling of the abdomen

However, you can’t exhibit all these signs, just a few basic ones, since you’re faking them. Just talk about stomach ache symptoms and complain that you are sick and that you have stomach ache. Talk about having diarrhea and throwing up. You do not have to mention that your fake stomach pain is severe.

Your employer, teacher, or colleagues can’t prove that you have not had these symptoms. Suppose you’re faking a stomach ache for your parents. Just say, “I have diarrhea and just vomited. I don’t feel well.” Suppose you’re talking to an employer or colleagues. Just say, “I’ve had stomach pain today. I feel really sick.”

2. Temporarily Skip Food and Drinks

When faking stomach pain, you need to skip eating eggs and bacon in the meantime. You can stuff them in your room to eat later. Just say you can’t eat because your stomach hurts.

Fake the pain. You need to hold your stomach or rub it gently as if you’re trying to alleviate the pain. Rub your belly gently as if it hurts badly. You can moan lightly and regularly. But don’t moan if you’re at work already. If at work, show signs of fake stomach pain to encourage your boss to permit your leave. They might even permit you to take the next day off work.

3. Rush to the Bathroom Frequently

While faking stomach pain, you would be showing symptoms like diarrhea and vomiting. You need to fake going to the bathroom often, especially when the person or people you are trying to deceive are nearby.

Just grip your stomach, cover your mouth, and rush to the restroom. You can fake the vomit sound by:

  • Make retching sound
  • Playing fake stomach ache sounds on your mobile phone

Don’t stay too long each time you use the bathroom. You could use the bathroom about 2-3 times within an hour—not too many times. If you’re at work, just run to the bathroom frequently, especially when and where the manager can see you.

4. Combine Another Type of Sickness

You could combine other illnesses, such as fever. Fever often accompanies stomach pain, so try to fake it to make your fake stomach ache look real. Try to warm yourself by placing a warm cloth on your face. You could also completely cover your head with a blanket for some time.

If a thermometer is used on you, you can make it read warm by running. Otherwise, drink warm water to warm your mouth before having a temperature check in your mouth. If the check will be conducted on any other part of your body, try running around to heat your body.

You should also add chills. When faking stomach pain, you need chills alongside, especially if you faked throwing up. Try to shiver or burrow under a blanket to get your body warm. If you’re already at work, school, or a meeting, rub your arms and put on a sweater as if to keep you warm.

You want to act like you do not have the energy to make your fake stomach ache realistic. Generally, stomach aches drain you. Try to fake being drained and powerless. Pretend not to be able to move at all. Act as if getting up from the bed is too draining. Make sure not to get any sudden bursts of energy to prevent others from getting suspicious.

5. Make Your Performance Believable

If you really want to fake stomach pain and not get caught, make sure to put in the best drama of your life. Just don’t leave any room for suspicion. You need to tell only one story to make your fake stomach pain believable. For instance, if you begin by claiming that the stomach hurts in one area, don’t later make people think the pain is moving around.

Changing your stomach pain story can make people suspect that you’re faking it. You can request something that helps with an upset stomach, like medication for it. Just ask, “Is there anything here for stomach pain? I feel really bad and will throw up.” If you’re at work, make popping Tums or ask your coworkers for medications—of course, they wouldn’t since they don’t go about with stomach medication.

6. Buy enough time to skip work or school

You need to stall for time to buy time for you to get out of that place or don’t want to do things you don’t want to do, such as hanging out, attending a meeting, going to work, or attending classes.

Just stall—in bed or bathroom—until you miss the bus. You could even stall at the start of breakfast; just make sure to stuff some in your room because you’ll get hungry later. When you are home-free, get yourself some stuffed food to eat.

Do not perk up immediately, though. Sometimes, you may still end up doing what you had to do, only that you’ll do it late.

The steps above won’t apply if you’re having a hangover and need to stay back from work due to being drunk.

Try not to overdo your fake stomach pain performance. Merely faking a bellyache will get you out of work, school, or meetings. But overdoing it can have you sent to the hospital. For example, if you exhibit sharp pains in your lower right abdomen, others may think it is appendicitis, which will have you sent to the hospital.

What if you missed a day at work due to fake stomach pain? Well, you will need a doctor’s note. If necessary, you need it backdated to convince your boss or school that you have indeed been sick.

Additional Resources on Fake Stomach Pain

  1. Is Your Kid Sick or Just Faking It? WebMD
  2. Is Your Child Really Sick? 6 Signs Your Kid Could Be Faking It (and How to Tell) – Parents
  3. How to know if your child is truly sick – Childrens’ Mercy
  4. Why Children Fake Being Sick and What To Do About It – Washington Family

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