Comments on: Letting It All Out http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Wed, 23 May 2012 17:14:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Beth http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16408 Beth Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:44:22 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm#comment-16408 Cath, I think I know what you mean. at least on your own you may have the possibility of faking an accident and living your dream. I couldn't do that to my husband, wife in a wheelchair is not what he signed up for at all and he doesn't even like to see me in it in the house really, though he usually lets me when I want to. Claire, your post really captures all that I feel about BIID at the moment, it's very much one of those "me too!!!!!" posts. Cath, I think I know what you mean. at least on your own you may have the possibility of faking an accident and living your dream. I couldn’t do that to my husband, wife in a wheelchair is not what he signed up for at all and he doesn’t even like to see me in it in the house really, though he usually lets me when I want to.

Claire, your post really captures all that I feel about BIID at the moment, it’s very much one of those “me too!!!!!” posts.

]]> By: cath http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16406 cath Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:17:26 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm#comment-16406 Well, I have just 'come out' at least to you. I am considering doing the same with my new therapist, but I am still working out the best way and I may not find the courage. I live alone which helps, maybe. Not sure I could learn to share my home with someone again these days - I have too many eccentricities to want to accommodate someone else's as well. It's a lonely existance, but BIID gives it a plus side at least. Well, I have just ‘come out’ at least to you. I am considering doing the same with my new therapist, but I am still working out the best way and I may not find the courage.
I live alone which helps, maybe. Not sure I could learn to share my home with someone again these days – I have too many eccentricities to want to accommodate someone else’s as well. It’s a lonely existance, but BIID gives it a plus side at least.

]]> By: Tom http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16405 Tom Wed, 26 Nov 2008 06:18:53 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm#comment-16405 Yes, I agree, this is a great post! I love the distanciation in it, and it also reflects my own recent experience - item 3 (compulsion) especially got to me and made me laugh because this exactly what I've been up to lately :) I feel very much like a teenager discovering the big world. Thank you, Claire Yes, I agree, this is a great post! I love the distanciation in it, and it also reflects my own recent experience – item 3 (compulsion) especially got to me and made me laugh because this exactly what I’ve been up to lately :) I feel very much like a teenager discovering the big world.
Thank you, Claire

]]> By: Chloe http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16404 Chloe Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:32:52 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm#comment-16404 Yes indeed; I would love to hear more from you, Claire :) Yes indeed; I would love to hear more from you, Claire :)

]]> By: Sean http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16397 Sean Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:11:14 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm#comment-16397 Claire, getting it out starts with writing one word, then another, then a third, and the first sentence or three may not be coherent, but pretty soon, it'll flow :) We *all* wish you wrote more :) Claire, getting it out starts with writing one word, then another, then a third, and the first sentence or three may not be coherent, but pretty soon, it’ll flow :) We *all* wish you wrote more :)

]]> By: Ada http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16395 Ada Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:59:02 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm#comment-16395 Thanks so much for this Claire! It's only great. Thanks so much for this Claire! It’s only great.

]]> By: Claire http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16390 Claire Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:59:18 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm#comment-16390 Thanks Chloe. That was my first post! I had so much more to say back then. Now, what I have to say, I can't seem to get out. Thanks Chloe. That was my first post! I had so much more to say back then. Now, what I have to say, I can’t seem to get out.

]]> By: Chloe http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16388 Chloe Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:16:10 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm#comment-16388 This is truly one of the classic MUST read posts. Claire, you captured so well all this complexity of emotion. I first read this in the early part of this year, still experiencing primarily terror, months before finding the courage to post my first comment on this site. Now, rereading this, it all seems so familiar. The ride has been wild indeed. This is truly one of the classic MUST read posts. Claire, you captured so well all this complexity of emotion.

I first read this in the early part of this year, still experiencing primarily terror, months before finding the courage to post my first comment on this site. Now, rereading this, it all seems so familiar. The ride has been wild indeed.

]]> By: Sandy http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm/comment-page-1#comment-93 Sandy Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:00:40 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm#comment-93 This is a wonderful summary, Claire. I am still in the process of deciding if I want to let it all out. Not to my husband or friends, but I made a start here. And yes, item 12 is the best. #6 was the biggest surprise for me too. This is a wonderful summary, Claire. I am still in the process of deciding if I want to let it all out. Not to my husband or friends, but I made a start here. And yes, item 12 is the best. #6 was the biggest surprise for me too.

]]> By: Claire http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm/comment-page-1#comment-86 Claire Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:58:51 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm#comment-86 Whether or not it was "worth it" is almost a moot point, Sean. It had to happen, or I was going to go mad. The dam was going to burst, regardless. But the thing is, once that happens, it lets some of the pressure off and you can start to deal with it. So, yeah, it was worth it because now I can come to terms with it and try to resolve it in some way, find some measure of peace. Plus, item #12 makes up for all the rest. :o) Whether or not it was “worth it” is almost a moot point, Sean. It had to happen, or I was going to go mad. The dam was going to burst, regardless. But the thing is, once that happens, it lets some of the pressure off and you can start to deal with it. So, yeah, it was worth it because now I can come to terms with it and try to resolve it in some way, find some measure of peace. Plus, item #12 makes up for all the rest. :o)

]]> By: Sean http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm/comment-page-1#comment-85 Sean Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:20:17 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/letting-it-all-out.htm#comment-85 Thank you Claire, this is a brilliant overview. There appears to be more negatives in your list than positives. Would you say it was worth it, this "coming out" of yours? Thank you Claire, this is a brilliant overview. There appears to be more negatives in your list than positives. Would you say it was worth it, this “coming out” of yours?

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