Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Sean - 16 October 2009
Last night, I dreamed that I was blind. It was a strange dream. It had more to it than the part where I was blind, but that’s the part that is sticking. I was blind, and not paralysed.
In My Dream, I Was Blind continues »
by Chloe - 7 May 2009
My BIID is asymmetric. That seems odd. My self image corresponds to complete paraplegia. Both legs the same. Both sides of my lower torso the same. It seems absurd for there to be laterality. Yet it is so.
Laterality continues »
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.
Do Your Bit For BIID continues »
by Chloe - 15 January 2009
Back in July, Sean and I had a little interchange of posting comments in connection with "Bronwyn’s fateful weekend". Sean suggested there that I should talk to my psychotherapist about what has motivated me to do blindsimming. My first reaction was "Yeah right Sean, he’s just going to think I’m a nutcase". Then I realised that psychotherapists like nutcases. That’s why they are psychotherapists. Here’s what the ensuing discussions with my psychotherapist uncovered:
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