Comments on: That Braced Feeling http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/that-braced-feeling.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Chloe http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/that-braced-feeling.htm/comment-page-1#comment-18424 Chloe Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:52:25 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=2674#comment-18424 My experience parallels yours in finding that a back brace not only does quite a lot for back pain, but also provides substantial emotional comfort. It makes me ponder the question as to whether there is or is not a link with BIID. It would kinda seem to make sense that those with paraplegic manifestation of BIID might find some comfort in a back brace, since there is supposed to be something wrong with our backs. How many others of us experience this? On the other hand, I don't seem to experience BIID relief with a back brace. This is entirely different from what happens when I wear a leg brace. Moreover I have a similar feeling of comfort when I wear a neck brace as I do wearing a back brace. The neck brace is clearly more remote from my BIID. Is there a relation at all? I don't know. At my last GP visit she said that I have pretty bad posture, which may be contributing to my back pain. On the other hand my back pain has lessened substantially in the last few weeks, but I don't think my posture has changed in the slightest. After two and a half years of wearing a back brace most of the time, I can honestly say that I have not missed it in the last weeks. Maybe I already got as much emotional comfort from a back brace as I'm ever going to get. It wouldn't bother me to start wearing it again though. Another thing is that I'm wearing a left leg brace around sixty hours per week. Perhaps that is not only effectively treating my BIID, but also providing a similar kind of emotional comfort to a back brace. Or is it just the comfort derived from my BIID being treated? It seems so hard to tease all these things apart. Sean and I appear to have rather similar feelings about a back brace. I'd be interested to know how many others do or do not feel this way. My experience parallels yours in finding that a back brace not only does quite a lot for back pain, but also provides substantial emotional comfort. It makes me ponder the question as to whether there is or is not a link with BIID.

It would kinda seem to make sense that those with paraplegic manifestation of BIID might find some comfort in a back brace, since there is supposed to be something wrong with our backs. How many others of us experience this?

On the other hand, I don’t seem to experience BIID relief with a back brace. This is entirely different from what happens when I wear a leg brace. Moreover I have a similar feeling of comfort when I wear a neck brace as I do wearing a back brace. The neck brace is clearly more remote from my BIID. Is there a relation at all? I don’t know.

At my last GP visit she said that I have pretty bad posture, which may be contributing to my back pain. On the other hand my back pain has lessened substantially in the last few weeks, but I don’t think my posture has changed in the slightest.

After two and a half years of wearing a back brace most of the time, I can honestly say that I have not missed it in the last weeks. Maybe I already got as much emotional comfort from a back brace as I’m ever going to get. It wouldn’t bother me to start wearing it again though.

Another thing is that I’m wearing a left leg brace around sixty hours per week. Perhaps that is not only effectively treating my BIID, but also providing a similar kind of emotional comfort to a back brace. Or is it just the comfort derived from my BIID being treated?

It seems so hard to tease all these things apart. Sean and I appear to have rather similar feelings about a back brace. I’d be interested to know how many others do or do not feel this way.

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