Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Chloe - 23 July 2011
The title is a quote… from a "friend". It had to happen sooner or later didn’t it? With around two hundred In Real Life disclosures under my belt at this point, perhaps I was getting a little over confident in my explanatory abilities.
“This Is Really Sick” continues »
by Chloe - 21 July 2011
Ever since that first visit when I disclosed to my GP about BIID, the subject has seemed to dominate our discussions in one way or another. Today was no exception.
GP Visit Number Eleven continues »
by Chloe - 16 July 2011
Some time ago Lane pointed out that I seem to have a predilection for emotional base jumping. Base jumping is where one jumps off a high object (building, cliff, etc) and hopes that one’s parachute will open. The metaphorical equivalent is where one makes one’s psyche vulnerable rather than one’s physical being.
Apotheosis of the Emotional Base Jump continues »
by Chloe - 23 June 2011
I wonder if this is my first anti-BIID blog? It’s not really that; but circumstance caused me to have some thoughts of wishing I didn’t have BIID. I know that many of you wish you didn’t have it, but for me it is actually a very rare thought.
Able Bodied Hiker continues »
by Chloe - 21 June 2011
It’s really not comfortable for me to be secretive about BIID at this point. However, I make exceptions when there appears to be good reason. We had not visited Alicia’s parents in a year or so, and I asked her if she was okay with me talking about BIID should they ask about the right leg brace, which they had not seen before. She said no, and went on to explain about the disability baggage of Jehovah’s Witnesses.
Keeping a Secret continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2012 - All Rights Reserved.