Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Chloe - 5 September 2009
Yesterday evening was the annual intersex support group BBQ party. Everybody had a great time, but there was one interaction that made me question the way I talk to friends about BIID.
Emotional Integrity continues »
by Chloe - 15 August 2009
Somehow most of my GP visits end up having quite a bit to do with BIID, even though it’s not the primary reason for the appointment. I’m numbering the visits from the first one in a wheelchair, at which I disclosed about my BIID.
GP Visit Number Seven continues »
by Sean - 30 May 2009
Today finds me empty, deflated. I fail to see what the point of continuing like this is. There are happy moments here and there, but they are far from sustained, and they are overshadowed by a brutish despair.
Life, BIID, Surgery, Value, And All That Jazz continues »
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.
BIID, Guilt, Shame, And The Whole Damn Lot continues »
by Sean - 19 February 2009
I am dying a slow and painful death. I have BIID. It does not have to be a life sentence with ongoing anguish and depression. But it is. Because there is no help to be had. Personne n’aide. Those who could help, won’t. Those who would help, can’t. How fucked is that?
BIID, Une Mort Lente Et Tortueuse continues »© transabled.org - 1994-2012 - All Rights Reserved.