Body integrity identity disorder (BIID, also referred to...

wikipedia - 02 Oct 2015
Body integrity identity disorder (BIID, also referred to as amputee identity disorder) is a psychological disorder in which an otherwise healthy individual feels that they are meant to be disabled. BIID is related to xenomelia, "the dysphoric feeling that one or more limbs of one's body do not belong to one's self".

The Complicated Issue of Transableism

JSTOR Daily - 17 Aug 2019
The Complicated Issue of Transableism ...

Man with BIID reveals he bashed his leg with a rock to fool doctors into removing it

Daily Mail - 13 Jul 2019
Man with BIID reveals he bashed his leg with a rock to fool doctors into removing it ...

Meet the people with BIID who want to amputate their own limbs

Metro - 11 Oct 2018
Meet the people with BIID who want to amputate their own limbs ...

The Man Who Cured Himself of BIID - OK Whatever

WTF - 12 Jul 2019
The Man Who Cured Himself of BIID ...

The People Who Hate Their Own Limbs - OK Whatever

WTF - 05 Jun 2019
The People Who Hate Their Own Limbs ...

Body Integrity Identity Disorder: the condition where sufferers want to be disabled

The Independent - 05 Oct 2015
Body Integrity Identity Disorder: the condition where sufferers want to be disabled ...

Mindscapes: The man who needs to paralyse himself

New Scientist - 30 May 2013
Mindscapes: The man who needs to paralyse himself ...

The strange condition that has people hacking off healthy limbs

New York Post - 06 Sep 2015
The strange condition that has people hacking off healthy limbs ...

Determined to Amputate: One Man's Struggle With Body Integrity Identity Disorder

FOXNews - 20 May 2009
Determined to Amputate: One Man's Struggle With Body Integrity Identity Disorder ...

Body Integrity Identity Disorder: Why some people want to be disabled

BT.com - 04 Oct 2015
Body Integrity Identity Disorder: Why some people want to be disabled ...

Desire to amputate healthy limbs shows up in brain scans

New Scientist - 25 Mar 2009
Desire to amputate healthy limbs shows up in brain scans ...

Is Compulsion to Amputate Healthy Limbs Mind or Matter?

Wired News - 15 Jul 2009
Is Compulsion to Amputate Healthy Limbs Mind or Matter? ...

Disorder Makes Patients Want to Be Disabled

ABC News - 06 Feb 2013
Disorder Makes Patients Want to Be Disabled ...

Why do some people want to amputate their own healthy arms and legs?

Quartz - 24 May 2017
Why do some people want to amputate their own healthy arms and legs? ...

Body Integrity Identity Disorder has made Chloe Jennings-White, 58, disown her legs

Daily Mail - 16 Jul 2013
Body Integrity Identity Disorder has made Chloe Jennings-White, 58, disown her legs ...

What it's like to live with apotemnophobia - an intense fear of amputation

Metro - 10 Nov 2018
What it's like to live with apotemnophobia - an intense fear of amputation ...

Woman Demands Severed Spinal Cord, 'The Same As A Transsexual Man'

The Federalist - 04 Apr 2017
Woman Demands Severed Spinal Cord, 'The Same As A Transsexual Man' ...

Bizarre Disorder Makes People Want to Sever Their Own Limbs

Discover Magazine - 25 Aug 2008
Bizarre Disorder Makes People Want to Sever Their Own Limbs ...

Oxytocin could relieve Body Dysmorphic Disorder

BioEdge - 01 Sep 2019
Oxytocin could relieve Body Dysmorphic Disorder ...

Body integrity identity disorder