Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder – Just another disability!
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by Sean - 10 June 2010
Over the last 6 or 8 months, I’ve had a weird feeling I couldn’t quite verbalise. It was not a pleasant feeling. In the last few days, I have been able to verbalise it – I don’t see surgery in my future. And it’s deflating me.
Surgery Is Not On My Horizon continues »
by Sean - 31 December 2009
This last week, I have exchanged a few emails with one of the prominent psychiatrists in the field of Body Integrity Identity Disorder. This exchange leaves me somewhat disturbed, due to the implications I see in this person’s position.
Real Life Test Recommended 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 - 9 April 2009
Today’s topic is one that can be quite controversial. Legalised Physician Assisted Suicide, or Legal Euthanasia, and how BIID relates to that. It is interesting that between the time I conceived of this post and now, I’ve had two other people write about that theme (upcoming posts). The basic idea here is to contrast the "value" of death vs the "value" of life with a physical impairment.
Physician Assisted Suicide And BIID continues »
by Cath - 6 January 2009
It’s been really bad in recent weeks. I was warned that coming out of the closet would do that to me, but I suppose no one fully expects quite the extent to which BIID can take over. Until it does.
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