Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability!
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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 Phil - 2 February 2010
Often I feel ashamed for myself. Sometimes because I don’t feel to be prepared well enough for a meeting or so – and often just because of being who I am. Today I shopped for some groceries and such and in the shop I felt self-conscious and, well, yes, ashamed of myself. Without any real reason. When I thought I was there in a wheelchair, all this shame vanished – for a moment.
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by Chloe - 23 June 2009
I have a craving to be normal. Yes, I know how ridiculous this sounds. I know all the logical arguments about why there is no such thing as normal. Why would anybody want to be normal in the first place? What’s the point? Nevertheless… This craving runs deep.
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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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