Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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by Sean - 25 April 2009
After a rather long wait for an appointment with a psychiatrist, I finally saw someone last week. There were in fact two someones in the meeting, a psychiatrist and a psychologist. End result: Two suggestions - therapy and medication.
BIID, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Therapy, and Medication continues »
by Chloe - 24 April 2009
Birthdays have had a special significance for me ever since I was ten years old. That’s when OCD kicked in. BIID became linked with my birthday last year. I hadn’t seen it coming.
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by Sophie - 23 April 2009
I would have written this last night, but I’m not sure I was in the right frame of mind to do so. I was feeling rather happy (as in not depressed, when Mum wasn’t in the room). We’d gone out to KFC for tea. To be honest as a Coeliac those places are all the same to me cuz all I can order is chips, a drink, and if I’m "really lucky" rabbit food.
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by Chloe - 22 April 2009
The first thing I did when I got my signed Physician Disability Certification form for a parking permit was to oogle it. Then I went to make photocopies. It is always tempting to frame documents of importance. Then I went straight to the DMV.
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by Sean - 21 April 2009
Do you have Body Integrity Identity Disorder? Do you need to be paralysed, blind, or deaf? If you do, please participate in Dr. Michael First’s follow-up study. You can phone him at 212-543-5524 (USA number) or e-mail him at mbf2@columbia.edu. We need to understand BIID better, and Dr. First is working towards that. Please help him help us.
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