Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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by Sean - 25 May 2009
People who don’t have BIID are very good at telling us that we need help. They are very good at telling us that surgery is not an acceptable solution. But have you noticed that nobody has yet come up with an actual solution to help us?
What Do They Suggest We Do With BIID? continues »
by Sean - 19 February 2009
I am dying a slow and painful death. I have BIID. It does not have to be a life sentence with ongoing anguish and depression. But it is. Because there is no help to be had. Personne n’aide. Those who could help, won’t. Those who would help, can’t. How fucked is that?
BIID, Une Mort Lente Et Tortueuse continues »
by Sean - 4 February 2009
I went to my GP mostly to renew a prescription of sleeping pills. He’d given me sleeping pills last July, and the 30 day’s worth lasted 7+ months, so that’s not too bad. I use them only when I really need them, when I’m going through a patch of a lot of nightmares, and I tend to use them on weekends only, because they leave me groggy for the day. If I take half, then they don’t knock me out enough to kill the nightmares.
My Own Visit To The GP continues »
by Sean - 18 August 2008
I’ve been having a really rough time over the last couple months. Depression hitting harder than usual, and BIID being its usual fierce self. I was not hardy enough, I was not able to duck under cover and let this storm pass. I crashed. Hard. I went to my GP and asked for help. We discussed things and I agreed to try a course of anti-depressants and to go see a psychiatrist. The anti-depressants are not showing great signs of helping, but I can’t swear they aren’t either. Today was my first visit to the psychiatrist. It did not go badly. But it did not achieve anything either.
Psychiatrist tells me “I cannot help you with BIID” continues »
by Sean - 18 July 2008
Rorshach recently objected to a post from Claire, where she was expressing concerns about “Pretendering for kicks”. This post was originally published on a private blog, but permission was given to reprint on this site. You may wish to read it if you haven’t already. This is an important issue that seems to inflame passions. I have some strong opinions on the matter and am going to discuss them here again. Be warned, I might ramble on a bit :)
Addressing the “pretenders for fun” issue continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2009 - All Rights Reserved.