Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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by Zoe - 30 June 2008
I’ve deviated from my primary topic in my last couple of posts, but its time to get back on track.
Another one of my theories about where these feelings come from is that perhaps i am unable to be grateful for what i’ve got, i mean, if it seems to good to be try, it probably is. So have i created a need in my mind which grew into an obsession, which keeps me from being completely happy about my life…
Back to the point… continues »
by Sean -
Someone pointed me to a YouTube video that appeared recently. It seems to be an extract of an actual documentary, though it’s not one I’ve seen. It is interesting that Dr. Robert Smith is in there, doing a follow-up on one of the people he’s provided an amputation for. Or that is what it looks like anyway. In the short segment (~2 mins), the amputee is asked if he has any regrets, and he says that being an amputee is all that he’s ever wanted and he’s happy.
BIID amputee says he’s happy. continues »
by Gordo - 29 June 2008
As some of you are aware, a movie called "Quid Pro Quo" came out recently, which uses BIID as a major component of its plotline. (I’ll try hard not to call it Squid Pro Row, ala "Austin Powers in Goldmember.") Most of this is a re-post of what I wrote for another BIID forum:
My BIID-centric review of Quid Pro Quo continues »
by Dante - 28 June 2008
Awhile back I had a conversation with someone else I know that also deals with BIID. Often that person is the one who spurs me to write as I have. Once again, that person told me that I should explain my unqiue sitation…
A Little Bit of Everything continues »
by Gordo - 25 June 2008
This is a bit long-winded, but hopefully it’s easy to read and rich in content, so bear with me here… :)
There are some out there who say that people with Body Integrity Identity Disorder often have some early interaction with people with disabilities, which eventually leads to "acquiring" BIID. Some may have relatives or friends with disabilities, or have constant contact with people with disabilities. It is very possible that this contact may manifest itself in someone’s early childhood memories and eventually morph into BIID.
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