Comments on: Sometimes it feels good to move your body http://transabled.org/thoughts/sometimes-it-feels-good-to-move-your-body.htm Talking about Body Integrity Identity Disorder - Just another disability! Thu, 24 May 2012 18:24:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: jim http://transabled.org/thoughts/sometimes-it-feels-good-to-move-your-body.htm/comment-page-1#comment-3193 jim Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:30:17 +0000 http://transabled.org/thoughts/sometimes-it-feels-good-to-move-your-body.htm#comment-3193 My daily endorphin "rush" is my intoxicant. I run probably 15 to 20 miles a week and bike 45 to 60. At least five times a week. I jump rope and lift weights on the off days. And I must do it first thing in the morning. At different periods of my pretending years, I've been able to get 2 to 3 "pushes" of 2 miles in while I'm in my wheelchair too. When I lived in Atlanta there was this mall I'd go to. And when I lived in Atlanta I was in the Peachtree Road Race 13 times. One of the best field of wheelchair racers in the world. I always watched their start with envy. One year the temporarily able bodied brother of one of the world class wheelchair racers (Scott Hollenbach)raced in a wheelchair. He didn't do so good. I'm "addicted" to that daily endorphin "rush." I find it helps my confusions, contradictions and obsessions a great deal, because I get so relaxed and my mind gets so clear. At times, my transabledness gets me so depressed and I wonder if its worth living this way anymore. Well, with my exercise addiction I'll probably live a long time. Hopefully I can figure this out before I'm gone! Ever seen a Maria Serrao tape? My daily endorphin “rush” is my intoxicant. I run probably 15 to 20 miles a week and bike 45 to 60. At least five times a week. I jump rope and lift weights on the off days. And I must do it first thing in the morning.

At different periods of my pretending years, I’ve been able to get 2 to 3 “pushes” of 2 miles in while I’m in my wheelchair too. When I lived in Atlanta there was this mall I’d go to. And when I lived in Atlanta I was in the Peachtree Road Race 13 times. One of the best field of wheelchair racers in the world. I always watched their start with envy. One year the temporarily able bodied brother of one of the world class wheelchair racers (Scott Hollenbach)raced in a wheelchair. He didn’t do so good.

I’m “addicted” to that daily endorphin “rush.” I find it helps my confusions, contradictions and obsessions a great deal, because I get so relaxed and my mind gets so clear.

At times, my transabledness gets me so depressed and I wonder if its worth living this way anymore. Well, with my exercise addiction I’ll probably live a long time. Hopefully I can figure this out before I’m gone!

Ever seen a Maria Serrao tape?

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