Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Dan - 20 November 2011
Sometimes you can’t understand something until you can see it from another perspective. For most of my life, I only knew what it was like to wish to be an amputee. I could not see it as someone without BIID might see it, or as an amputee might see it.
What It Felt Like continues »
by Dan - 25 March 2011
I used to feel guilty all the time. Not guilty for having done anything, but just for being. Therapists say that guilt is about what you did and shame is about what you are, but I could never see any difference.
Guilt, Shame, Surgery continues »
by Dan - 9 October 2010
I was thinking about the changes in me since surgical treatment of BIID. I feel normal now. If “normal” people enjoy life as much as I do now, I sure got cheated out of a lot of life.
Neurotic? continues »
by Dan - 2 December 2009
Before I was an amputee, I seemed to suffer from an alphabet soup of disorders: PTSD, poor self-worth, hypersensitivity, anxiety disorder. Lots of therapy didn’t really make any progress on any of these. I thought (in strenuous disagreement with therapists) that if I had my leg cut off I might be able to start making progress on these other things.
BIID Definition and Recommendations continues »
by Dan - 23 September 2009
Before amputation, my BIID was up and down a lot. Now I am much more stable, but there is still some up and down. Before, when BIID was up, I really despised being what I was. When it was down, I was mildly unhappy about being what I was.
Up And Down Revisited continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2012 - All Rights Reserved.