Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Sean - 16 December 2010
A few days ago WildKat asked several pointed, and good questions in response to a post I made. Because these questions are quite important, I figured I’d write my answers in a post apart. Here are my answers.
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by Sean - 27 August 2010
Shame and guilt. Guilt and shame. These are emotions most, if not all, people who have BIID have experienced. Because of the BIID. I am glad to say that I don’t experience shame or guilt because of my BIID, not anymore. But I used to. And these emotions are strong, negative and destructive.
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by Elisabeth - 16 May 2010
My mother was very embarrassed. I was leaving a restaurant in my usual way: running into the door, pushing it out by force. I kept the door open for her to get out after me. I was polite to my mother, to an older lady. She got embarrassed.
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by Chloe - 16 May 2009
My partner was mowing the lawns this morning. I wasn’t. She didn’t sign up for this. I always used to mow the lawns. She doesn’t like mowing lawns. I do. But now I can’t.
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by Sean - 11 April 2009
My name is Sean, and I have Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID). It’s a shite of a thing. There are many negative emotions related to having BIID. Most people who have BIID have, at one point or another, felt guilt and shame. Many have ongoing shame and guilty feelings. And these negative emotions are a major part of the reason most of us suffer.
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