Comments on: Congenital vs. Acquired http://transabled.org/thoughts/congenital-vs-acquired.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:57:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Marie http://transabled.org/thoughts/congenital-vs-acquired.htm#comment-649 Marie Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:28:33 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/congenital-vs-acquired.htm#comment-649 When it comes down to it the difference between congenital and acquired ("nature vs. nurture") it doesn't matter. The suffering is real and its source has no bearing on it. When it comes down to it the difference between congenital and acquired (”nature vs. nurture”) it doesn’t matter. The suffering is real and its source has no bearing on it.

]]> By: John http://transabled.org/thoughts/congenital-vs-acquired.htm#comment-145 John Sat, 28 Oct 2006 06:26:03 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/congenital-vs-acquired.htm#comment-145 Sean, Nice points. Just because something is 'acquired' certainly doesn't make it reversible or your choice; you are right on those points. To me, being transabled seems to have both congenital and acquired elements. Somehow one might be predisposed to being transabled and one or more events help trigger or fixate things. The triggers that I remember--if they really did trigger being transabled--happened when I was 5 or 6. We certainly had no choice nor understanding of BIID at that age! If a miracle (??) happened and I became a paraplegic (or you did, etc)it seems logical that we would remain transabled. What I don't know is if the transabled state of mind would ever evolve into anything else. That, for me, is why this isn't a choice or something that we can get rid of; I simply can't conceive of not wanting to be paralyzed. If you find out how to snap out of depression, please let me know ;) John Sean,

Nice points. Just because something is ‘acquired’ certainly doesn’t make it reversible or your choice; you are right on those points. To me, being transabled seems to have both congenital and acquired elements. Somehow one might be predisposed to being transabled and one or more events help trigger or fixate things. The triggers that I remember–if they really did trigger being transabled–happened when I was 5 or 6. We certainly had no choice nor understanding of BIID at that age!

If a miracle (??) happened and I became a paraplegic (or you did, etc)it seems logical that we would remain transabled. What I don’t know is if the transabled state of mind would ever evolve into anything else. That, for me, is why this isn’t a choice or something that we can get rid of; I simply can’t conceive of not wanting to be paralyzed.

If you find out how to snap out of depression, please let me know ;)

John

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