Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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by Sean - 1 July 1997
A para friend who’s doing her very best to understand, asked why don’t I use the chair all the time, no cheating at all, since I’m a wannabe and I do get a lot of comfort from using the chair.
Going full-time? continues »
by Sean -
What do you get out of pretending on-line? When I use the chair in my day to day activities, I use the chair and the vast majority just assumes I’m a para. Only at times do I have to really answer questions and tell stories.
Pretending online continues »
by Sean -
Recently a friend gave me some information about the different type of pain paraplegics feel, in zones that aren’t supposed to feel anything… I was so surprised. I learned another aspect of paraplegia I was unsuspecting of. And then I started thinking back to when I was a kid and of all the very naive and pre-conceived ideas I had then, thinking that there are probably many more to change. The more I learn about this, the more I realize there is to learn.
Being Naive continues »
by Sean -
I’d like to talk about something I believe very important. I may sound vehement and adamant about it, I am. Tonight in a chat room on IRC, someone described an outing they had just arrived from. I will not go into details as to what happened, but I mention one particular event that was described to me, as it is what got me upset.
Ethics continues »
by Sean -
It is always a hard choice to decide to come out or not. So many issues are involved in it. Will the people you talk with about this understand any of it, or will even be willing to understand? What good does it do to tell friends and family? Will one be able to deal with the rejection of close entourage better than with the burden of hiding it from them? The list goes on and on and on… The more I think, the more reasons I can come up with to NOT tell. Then again, telling is such a relief in some cases…
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