If you watch the movie and then check out the special features, you come across a documntary. Cutting to the chase here, its about a condition at present called - B.I.I.D.
Body Integrity Identity Disorder, or BIID, is a psychological condition in which the individual requests an elective amputation. Individuals with this condition experience the persistent desire to have their body physically match the idealized image they have of themselves.Yes, its about people who want to be paralyzed or have a limb amputated in order to feel whole.
Yes, its new to me as well and before we jump to conclusions, there are many people out there who have this condition. Its only very recently been named.
Body Integrity Identity Disorder, or BIID, is a psychological condition in which the individual requests an elective amputation. Individuals with this condition experience the persistent desire to have their body physically match the idealized image they have of themselves. This desire forces individuals to deal with the paradox of losing one or more major limbs (i.e. arm[s] or leg[s]) to become whole. In their minds, "Less is more".
These individuals are not psychotic. In fact, a diagnosis of psychosis excludes a diagnosis of BIID.
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Unfortunately, the movie leaves a somewhat negative impression of those of us who have BIID.
You may wish to find more information about it on http://biid-info.org a resource site with most of the published literature about BIID (which is more recent and updated than biid.org), and http://transabled.org, a multi-authored blog about the experience of living with BIID
sean wrote "Unfortunately, the movie leaves a somewhat negative impression of those of us who have BIID."
That was not my impression. The documentary was very kind in my opinion. The movie itself was very interesting.
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