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Living Well with Chronic Conditions

by Chloe - 18 April 2012

The title of this post is the name of a six week workshop and support group I started attending. It is offered free by the county in which I live. My attention was attracted by the explicit listing of fibromyalgia as one of the conditions addressed. However, I also seek to live well with BIID, which is indeed a chronic condition.

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BIID as a Dinner Party Discussion Topic

by Sean - 16 April 2012

According to Laura Donnelly, Anxiety is a very modern malaise. You’ll ask what’s that got to do with Body Integrity Identity Disorder?

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Empathy and Imagination

by Chloe - 11 April 2012

One of you recently sent me J.K.Rowling’s 2008 Harvard Commencement Address. Thank you. It is brilliant, deep and moving. I was in tears. I’ll start by quoting a paragraph: "Unlike any other creature on this planet, humans can learn and understand, without having experienced. They can think themselves into other people’s places."

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Cumulative Paresis

by Chloe - 6 April 2012

I have already explained the paradox of how skiing and hiking help treat my BIID, so I’ll try not to belabor the issues. A variant of this came up very recently. I skied hard, including many double blacks, for three days in a row.

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East Coast Get-Together?

by Sylvie - 4 April 2012

I noticed that Abilities Expo is going to be in the NYC area on May 4 – 6. I had already planned to go.

East Coast Get-Together? continues »

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