premise: That was what the doctor 's had called it , eventually noticing that her attacks usually happened in high - stress situations with no apparent physical cause . The one doctor that had suggested that she was faking it got a nose job courtesy of her mother . ( He 'd tried to sue , but Uncle Sam had knocked that idea out of the running . What may have caused the doctor to believe she was faking the attacks ?
hypothesis: Her nose job could n't cause the attacks .