Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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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 »
by Chloe - 28 September 2009
My friend, a psychology professor, and I arrived simultaneously at the doors of the university building. She offered to open them for me. I said that it’s okay, I’ll do it. They were surprisingly difficult. We both burst out laughing at the mess I was making of the task. This was good because it made the first little dent in my nervousness. No, let’s call it how it is. It was raw fear of what I was about to undertake. I had been shaking while sitting in the car, before transferring to my wheelchair.
Guest Speaker Reveals All continues »
by Sean - 24 September 2009
The following entry is an "article" I have written for an upcoming book discussing the topic of BIID. This book comes after the BIID conference that was held in Frankfurt, Germany, earlier this year. For many readers of this site, there will not be a lot of new information, but hopefully I give a good insight into the topic.
My Life With BIID continues »
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 »© transabled.org - 1994-2010 - All Rights Reserved.