Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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by Phil - 2 February 2010
Often I feel ashamed for myself. Sometimes because I don’t feel to be prepared well enough for a meeting or so – and often just because of being who I am. Today I shopped for some groceries and such and in the shop I felt self-conscious and, well, yes, ashamed of myself. Without any real reason. When I thought I was there in a wheelchair, all this shame vanished – for a moment.
Being Ashamed For Myself continues »
by Phil - 31 January 2010
Today I read an article in the SPIEGEL online news magazine. Researchers have found that sitting is bad for one’s health. Sports in the evening make not much difference when one sits too long during the day. They recommend standing up and walking around and do little things for five minutes every three quarters of an hour or so. (Original source: Elin Ekblom-Bak of Karolinska Institute in Stockholm in the "British Journal of Sports Medicine".)
How (Un)Healthy is Wheeling? continues »
by Phil - 27 January 2010
Being in and moving with a wheelchair is great. It brings a lot of relief. Sometimes I even get euphoric. But I am not courageous enough to show myself where I know people. I wouldn’t know what to tell them. Living on the 6th floor of an old house with no lift, how could I have to use a wheelchair, but be able to carry it 6 storeys up and down?
Wheeling For Cowards continues »
by Phil - 24 January 2010
What would I do without BIID? What would I be? If there really was a way to “tame” it, to reduce the pressure… what would I do all day?
Without BIID continues »
by Phil - 14 September 2009
I chose this topic for my first post on transabled.org (friendly invited by Sean) because it is comparably easy for me to write about it. It doesn’t concern my struggle with BIID deep in my heart, but it shows how I deal or not deal with it. And it fits best in here, I think.
My (First) Wheelchair continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2010 - All Rights Reserved.