Comments on: What Awaits At The Bottom Of The Slippery Slope? http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/what-awaits-at-the-bottom-of-the-slippery-slope.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:03:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta2 hourly 1 By: Sean http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/what-awaits-at-the-bottom-of-the-slippery-slope.htm/comment-page-1#comment-18485 Sean Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:50:04 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=2769#comment-18485 @Phil, there are in fact many things I enjoy in my life that are positive. Over the last 15 years, there have been many times where things were going well in my life, everything lining up perfectly. But BIID was never far below. All that "positive things & thinking" are distractions, but it doesn't stick, and it doesn't really change the underlying issues either. It's a bit like putting a lof of perfume on all the time to hide the stink of a body you can't wash. @Phil, there are in fact many things I enjoy in my life that are positive. Over the last 15 years, there have been many times where things were going well in my life, everything lining up perfectly. But BIID was never far below. All that “positive things & thinking” are distractions, but it doesn’t stick, and it doesn’t really change the underlying issues either. It’s a bit like putting a lof of perfume on all the time to hide the stink of a body you can’t wash.

]]> By: Phil http://transabled.org/thoughts/sean-thoughts/what-awaits-at-the-bottom-of-the-slippery-slope.htm/comment-page-1#comment-18482 Phil Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:48:15 +0000 http://transabled.org/?p=2769#comment-18482 Dear Sean, it seems you need some positive experiences in your life. Things you can enjoy. A journey to a place where you feel like in a new life (which is Paris for me in a way). A new love. New friends or renewed friendships. A new kind of sports or body work. The right book or film. You will never fall or drown. Life is not a slippery slope. Haven't you survived many things, including being near death? You will survive everything which comes, too, and in the end - hopefully in a long, long time - you will survive even your death, in a sense. Make yourself presents. At the end of the slippery slope there is maybe no cold water, but a solid surface of mother earth, reliable and a good stand? And a point to start from - anew? The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. F. D. Roosevelt was right - also for us with BIID. Fear is often a sign of a state near depression. And this is a signal to change something, to be nicer to oneself, to take a break, to open one's heart to others, to express sadness and fear. Dear Sean,

it seems you need some positive experiences in your life. Things you can enjoy. A journey to a place where you feel like in a new life (which is Paris for me in a way). A new love. New friends or renewed friendships. A new kind of sports or body work. The right book or film.

You will never fall or drown. Life is not a slippery slope. Haven’t you survived many things, including being near death? You will survive everything which comes, too, and in the end - hopefully in a long, long time - you will survive even your death, in a sense.

Make yourself presents.

At the end of the slippery slope there is maybe no cold water, but a solid surface of mother earth, reliable and a good stand? And a point to start from - anew?

The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. F. D. Roosevelt was right - also for us with BIID.

Fear is often a sign of a state near depression. And this is a signal to change something, to be nicer to oneself, to take a break, to open one’s heart to others, to express sadness and fear.

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