Comments on: Causes http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/toms-thoughts/causes.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:08:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: Cath http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/toms-thoughts/causes.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16414 Cath Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:56:55 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=1052#comment-16414 Tom, I too am sending you a big virtual hug across the Channel. I have spent the weekend with both hands strapped up (I haven't got my technique quite right yet but I am getting there). I never felt more at peace. If only I could do the same with both legs so easily (I dont want to lose them, just have them stop working). I go daily to do my work as a mental health professional (that's all I dare say about it for obvious reasons). I smile and listen and say all the right things to my patients and work hard for them to achieve their goals. At night I think about telling my own psychotherapist or my psychiatrist about my BIID, maybe even next week. That has intensified the need for me tenfold. I can tell you if anyone ever disclosed their BIID to me then I would do all I could for them. But of course as things stand, possibly no one ever will. Tom, I too am sending you a big virtual hug across the Channel.

I have spent the weekend with both hands strapped up (I haven’t got my technique quite right yet but I am getting there). I never felt more at peace. If only I could do the same with both legs so easily (I dont want to lose them, just have them stop working).

I go daily to do my work as a mental health professional (that’s all I dare say about it for obvious reasons). I smile and listen and say all the right things to my patients and work hard for them to achieve their goals.

At night I think about telling my own psychotherapist or my psychiatrist about my BIID, maybe even next week. That has intensified the need for me tenfold.

I can tell you if anyone ever disclosed their BIID to me then I would do all I could for them. But of course as things stand, possibly no one ever will.

]]> By: Chloe http://transabled.org/thoughts/other-thoughts/toms-thoughts/causes.htm/comment-page-1#comment-16411 Chloe Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:30:17 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=1052#comment-16411 Oh Tom... This brought the tears streaming down my cheeks. I have no words, except to say that I would wish to be there to give you a big long hug. Thank you for your emotional honesty. Oh Tom… This brought the tears streaming down my cheeks. I have no words, except to say that I would wish to be there to give you a big long hug. Thank you for your emotional honesty.

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