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We Are More Than BIID
Written by Sean on Wednesday, April 7, 2010
A friend I was corresponding with lately pointed out to me that I am much busier in "real life" than she thought, based on this website. It was an interesting conversation.
She said that by reading the site, it is easy to think I am only interested by BIID, and that I am always quite depressed. Where in fact, I do have a multitude of other interests keeping me busy.
Ok, so I am always depressed. That’s been with me since I was a teenager. Mild depression, ongoing, chronic. The shrinks label that "dysthymia". And I have phases of deeper and more severe depression. They are getting worse with time, but they are mainly caused by unresolved BIID. We were talking how a "good" day for me would be perceived as a horribly bad day for someone not "used" to deal with depression.
But more importantly, she reminded me that it is hard to get a complete picture of someone just by reading what they right on a website. I do have many activities I do outside of the site. I won’t detail them here, but take my word for it :)
So, just as my friend discovered a multi-layered aspect of my personality, I have to remind myself that all of you also have other aspects of your personality.
Tags: BIID, Depression, Personality
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I was diagnosed with dysthymia as a teen myself. And just like Gordo, I feel myself much more ‘fertile’ and ready to DO when I can be at home, expressing, living my transabled self. I’m trying to create balance between those hours and the rest… often thinking about what a different, freed person my family and friends could meet if I could sit in a power chair and live with assistance!…
Till then Internet is my best friend to be who I’d love to be…
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1 On 8 April, 2010, Phil said:
There are days on which I think that BIID overshadows everything and that the life beyond BIID is just grey and pale.
Often I don’t get enough sleep, because BIID makes me nervous and I feel like in constant search for something (i.e. amputation).
It definitely IS good to be reminded that there IS a life which has nothing to do with BIID. Let’s try and concentrate more on it, meeting good friends, doing emotional things and feeling emotions.
Yes, I have a lot of other aspects, too. And maybe it comes from BIID, maybe not, some other aspects of my life seem problematic to me, too.
In talking with another person with BIID we found that BIID was low or (seemed to have) vanished for some time when we did adventurous things and felt very free. Can anybody here relate to that?