Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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by Chloe - 7 May 2010
A few evenings ago during a commercial break, there came on television an ad whose purpose was to raise awareness about reducing the social stigma of mental illness. I was truly shocked. It never occurs to me that such a stigma still exists.
Social Stigma continues »
by Lane - 10 April 2009
Really, I’m not, but I love that small aspect of having a formally diagnosed mental illness. Being in the "in" crowd allows me to throw the word around without so much as a hint of guilt.
I Must Be Crazy continues »
by Chloe - 11 February 2009
Several of you have got me thinking about why so many of us are, or have been, ashamed of how we feel. Sometimes you write posts that haunt me. One such is Silent’s "I have BIID, I am Buried Alive". There is a deep emotional honesty there, and a lot of it is about shame.
Why the Shame? continues »
by Zoe - 18 November 2008
I’d like to seek some guidance from those who have gone there before me?
How to tell the ones that we love the most? continues »
by Chloe - 15 October 2008
Recently, my psychotherapist and I discussed the chronology of various mental illnesses that I have had. We wanted to see how they might have arisen, and how they have interacted with each other. It doesn’t bother me if people think I am mentally ill, or insane, or whatever. I have never met anyone who I did not consider to be insane. So, here is my laundry list, in chronological order:
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