Comments on: Fidgetty legs http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/fidgetty-legs.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Wed, 23 May 2012 18:36:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Chloe http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/fidgetty-legs.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15595 Chloe Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:12:33 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=822#comment-15595 Hey Claire. I had that nerve pain too. It started about ten days post injury. I was able to sit up on the couch by then, and my partner lightly touched my thigh to comfort me since I was in so much back pain. I was totally reeling from the pain caused by her touch. It was pretty horrific for the first three months and then it gradually started to disspiate. It was completely gone after six months. I didn't realise that I had no feeling there until the pain response was mostly gone. Hey Claire. I had that nerve pain too. It started about ten days post injury. I was able to sit up on the couch by then, and my partner lightly touched my thigh to comfort me since I was in so much back pain. I was totally reeling from the pain caused by her touch.

It was pretty horrific for the first three months and then it gradually started to disspiate. It was completely gone after six months. I didn’t realise that I had no feeling there until the pain response was mostly gone.

]]> By: Claire http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/fidgetty-legs.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15594 Claire Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:37:00 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=822#comment-15594 Hey Chloe. For me, it's not in the least pleasurable. It actually causes me some physical pain, weird neurological stuff. I can't feel it, but it causes nerve pain. Strange. I do it because it helps me imagine the "not feeling" of being a para. Hey Chloe. For me, it’s not in the least pleasurable. It actually causes me some physical pain, weird neurological stuff. I can’t feel it, but it causes nerve pain. Strange. I do it because it helps me imagine the “not feeling” of being a para.

]]> By: Chloe http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/fidgetty-legs.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15584 Chloe Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:11:51 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=822#comment-15584 Claire, I totally relate to comparing the feeling in different parts of one's legs. Two days ago I was lying on the couch, and my partner started gently caressing my legs; starting with the feet and gradually working upwards. I was enjoying her touch in my lower legs, but wondering how that would be after I become paraplegic. Then she got to my left thigh. Waves of pleasure came over me as I could see what she was doing, but without feeling it. I didn't say anything because I didn't want her to stop. Sometimes I think she forgets that I don't have feeling there. Claire, I totally relate to comparing the feeling in different parts of one’s legs. Two days ago I was lying on the couch, and my partner started gently caressing my legs; starting with the feet and gradually working upwards. I was enjoying her touch in my lower legs, but wondering how that would be after I become paraplegic. Then she got to my left thigh. Waves of pleasure came over me as I could see what she was doing, but without feeling it. I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want her to stop. Sometimes I think she forgets that I don’t have feeling there.

]]> By: Claire http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/fidgetty-legs.htm/comment-page-1#comment-15580 Claire Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:55:08 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=822#comment-15580 I do that too. Not to such an extent, but certainly a huge focus on my legs when I'm NOT in the chair. When I'm in the chair, I don't think about them much. I also tend to run my fingers over the part of my leg that I can't feel (following my attempt to self-injure) and wonder what it would be like for my entire leg to be like that. I do that too. Not to such an extent, but certainly a huge focus on my legs when I’m NOT in the chair. When I’m in the chair, I don’t think about them much. I also tend to run my fingers over the part of my leg that I can’t feel (following my attempt to self-injure) and wonder what it would be like for my entire leg to be like that.

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