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New hope for people obsessed with amputating one of their own limbs
New hope for people obsessed with amputating one of their own limbs
One of the strangest conditions we psychologists come across causes people to want to maim themselves. Known as body identity integrity disorder (BIID) or xenomelia, it usually involves a desire to amputate a healthy limb. More rarely it can manifest as a desire to be paraplegic or blind.
theconversation.com




I can't even deal with this disorder ...
I'm curious how BIID relates to body dysmorphic disorder and gender dysphoria, and how treatments might overlap.