Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Sean - 6 March 2010
There have been unusual stress in my life these last couple weeks. As it happens, BIID is hitting me much harder at the moment. It would be easy to think that BIID is just a defense mechanism against stress. It is rather different than that.
A Precarious Balance continues »
by Sean - 22 September 2009
My partner told me last night that there had been a man killed in a motorcycle accident 3 blocks away from our house yesterday afternoon. And someone else also died in a car accident in the small town next to us. I might be callous, but that news just did not interest me.
Does BIID Make Me Callous? continues »
by Sean - 2 March 2009
It is generally very difficult to explain to people how BIID impacts on my life. I say it saps my energy. Or I say it taints everything it touches. But people don’t really see it, they don’t get it. I have been trying to figure out a way to illustrate it. Maybe this will work.
Illustrating BIID-Related Energy Loss With Jelly Beans continues »
by Sean - 14 July 2008
I woke up from a pretty horrible night this morning, and as I got ready to go to work, I psyched myself up, and got ready to put on the mask of happiness. One must put this mask on, the brave face to show the rest of the world we’re functional. And it eats up so much energy, nothing much is left for the rest.
Putting on the Mask continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2012 - All Rights Reserved.