Hearing Loss and BIID

by Chloe - 25 March 2010

Test driving hearing aids recently turned out to be quite interesting. Among other things, it was an opportunity for a simultaneous comparison of using assistive devices for a physical issue versus using assistive devices for a neuropsychological issue (BIID).

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Laterality

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.

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Do Your Bit For BIID

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.

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Deaf to the Issue

by Chloe - 19 January 2009

This post isn’t really about BIID. It is about the interplay of physical impairments and psychological issues within the context of communicating in a relationship. I think my partner and I were both better prepared to deal with BIID in our relationship because of what we had previously gone through together.

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Heavy Metal: Part 3

by Chloe - 7 October 2008

Almost half way through our road trip: It has felt SO comfortable to be wearing leg braces every day for a week.

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