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Body integrity identity disorder - Wikipedia
Body integrity identity disorder - Wikipedia
Sufferers of BIID are uncomfortable with a part of their body, such as a limb, and feel confident that removing or disabling this part of their body will relieve their discomfort. Sufferers may have intense feelings of envy toward amputees. They may pretend that they are an amputee, both in public and in private. Sufferers experience the above symptoms as being strange and unnatural. They may try to injure themselves to require the amputation of that limb. They are generally ashamed of their thoughts and may try to hide them from others, including therapists and health care professionals.[citation needed]
The majority of BIID sufferers are white middle-aged males, although this discrepancy may not be nearly as large as previously thought.[9] Most commonly[clarification needed] an above-the-knee amputation of the left leg is desired, but amputations may also involve the arms, or instead manifest itself as a need for paralysis, or involve the senses, such as hearing or vision.
A sexual motivation for being or looking like an amputee is called apotemnophilia.[10][11] In addition, apotemnophilia should not be mistaken for acrotomophilia, which describes a person who is sexually attracted to other people who are already missing limbs.[12] However, many of the people who experience one also experience the other.[13]
Up until recently,[when?] the BIID has led to the desire to become disabled on organs other than limbs. Events of BIID causing a desire to become disabled in organs such as eyes have been reported.
"Yeah but this is different because (fill in pop culture bullshit here)"The majority of BIID sufferers are white middle-aged males, although this discrepancy may not be nearly as large as previously thought.[9] Most commonly[clarification needed] an above-the-knee amputation of the left leg is desired, but amputations may also involve the arms, or instead manifest itself as a need for paralysis, or involve the senses, such as hearing or vision.
A sexual motivation for being or looking like an amputee is called apotemnophilia.[10][11] In addition, apotemnophilia should not be mistaken for acrotomophilia, which describes a person who is sexually attracted to other people who are already missing limbs.[12] However, many of the people who experience one also experience the other.[13]
Up until recently,[when?] the BIID has led to the desire to become disabled on organs other than limbs. Events of BIID causing a desire to become disabled in organs such as eyes have been reported.