Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Chloe - 9 May 2012
The focus of this week’s workshop on "Living Well with Chronic Conditions" was Pain and Fatigue. These are critical aspects of the symptom cycle for fibromyalgia; but one of the participants asked if we may also consider emotional pain as part of the discussion. This makes it relevant to BIID, since dealing with emotional pain is inherent to the condition.
Exercise and Relaxation continues »
by Chloe - 22 April 2012
The unique focus for week 2 of the "Living Well with Chronic Conditions" workshop I am taking was "Difficult Emotions". We each had to choose a particular emotion, associated with our chronic conditions, that we wanted to focus on and address. I chose anger.
Anger Management continues »
by Chloe - 18 April 2012
The title of this post is the name of a six week workshop and support group I started attending. It is offered free by the county in which I live. My attention was attracted by the explicit listing of fibromyalgia as one of the conditions addressed. However, I also seek to live well with BIID, which is indeed a chronic condition.
Living Well with Chronic Conditions continues »
by Chloe - 18 November 2011
Shadow recently introduced the subject of masochism. Sometimes the idea comes up that people with BIID want to harm their bodies because they are masochists. Since I am in fact a masochist, it is not possible for me simply to dismiss such a postulate out of hand without giving it due consideration.
Masochism continues »
by Chloe - 7 September 2011
I came home from work a few weeks ago to find that Danielle (Alicia) had just published her third book of poetry: "Dead Black Bird in a Furnace." (The book is available at this page: http://www.daniellesaintemarie.com/works.html) By prior agreement I had seen or heard only a few of these poems ahead of time. Some of these were about my BIID you see, and I wanted to avoid acting as a censor.
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