Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Xavier - 26 May 2011
I’ve always felt this sort of itch I could never quite identify or scratch, a need I couldn’t fulfill. It’s always been there. This burning desire, a NEED to wear braces… as deep as eating, breathing and sleeping. Something so primal, so raw it’s at the core of my very being. I felt more comfortable wearing them than not and the longer I would go without wearing them, the more intense the need.
You Can Let Go Of Them Now continues »
by Sean - 23 January 2011
I’ve just read an opinion piece on the Baptist Press, ranting against surgery for both transsexuals and transabled folks. It always annoys me somewhat when apparently inteligent people built their argument while totally ignoring one of the premises. Like so many other people, Kelly Boggs (the author) completely ignores the fact that psychotherapy and pharamacotherapy haven’t done much at all, if anything, to help with Body Integrity Identity Disorder.
Surgery for BIID/GID is like Face Lifts or Nose Jobs! continues »
by Chloe - 20 November 2010
Phil asked me recently "Dear Chloe, how have you found peace of mind and this attitude [about BIID]?" In the thirty months or so that I have been following transabled.org I have gone from feeling insecure, scared, confused, frustrated and desperate about BIID to feeling comfortable and peaceful about it. How was this magic trick accomplished?
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by Chloe - 12 February 2010
I’m glad that I have BIID. It is a thing of beauty. When I started psychotherapy in connection with BIID in 2008, my stated goal was to reach self acceptance about it. I find that I have overshot that mark.
Embracing BIID continues »
by Sean - 14 October 2009
As you probably know by now, I have worked with many shrinks of all ilks over the last two decades. Sometimes that worked helped a lot, sometimes not much. It never really touched BIID though. Yet, we can’t understate the benefit of therapy.
BIID Creates A Barrier To Growth From Psychotherapy continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2012 - All Rights Reserved.