by Sean - 30 April 2007
I have been doing therapy for a while. I’m not directly working on transabled issues, as I don’t believe that therapy can have any effect on my Body Integrity Identity Disorder (conclusion reached after a LOT of work on that). I am working on other issues, such as relationship issues and depression. We recently started with the concept of the "wounded inner child", an idea popularised by John Bradshaw.
Unexpected reaction in therapy continues »
by Sean - 25 April 2007
I have recently done a fair bit of research and managed to find over 30 articles, studies and research papers about, or related to, Body Integrity Identity Disorder. There’s more, which I’ll get. I’ve printed it all and put it all in one binder. And I’ve been reading and highlighting and making notes for myself.
BIID is taboo in this household. continues »
by Sean - 24 April 2007
I have been in touch with a few people who have done scholarly writing about Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID). One of them was telling me that he was writing an article for a journal that wasn’t directly related to BIID, but he was going to use BIID to illustrate a point he was making, and make reference to our site. His publisher told him not to.
Uphill Battle continues »
by Sean - 22 April 2007
The new site’s look is up, as you probably can see. We are aware that there are a few issues here and there (a few links’ colour mixing with the background colour, for example). We’ll be fixing these over the next few days.
If you are encountering major issues with using the site, please contact us to let us know.
by Sophie - 19 April 2007
I see my transabledness as a gift. I don’t know how, and I know that that is strange, but I do. A Christian friend of mine online told me today that she would pray that God would heal me of my transabledness. I appreciate it, don’t get me wrong about that, and she’s an awesome friend. But it brings such mixed feelings. Would she be praying that her idea of a cure would happen, is her idea of a cure the same as God’s idea of a cure? Who’s to say a cure is ridding me of these feelings entirely? Who’s to say that my transabledness isn’t a part of God’s plan? I was chatting with an older Australian friend (she has an SCI) as well and she told me:
Is BIID a gift? continues »