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Interesting. I have encountered similar cases in the past, and I think one interesting line of thought here is discomfort and psychological distress.F...

Just came to my mind also Whole and the Chloe Jennings-White case. I do not think any of these match your description, however.

I would also be interested to know whether someone managed to find the link. Not the same thing you are mentioning, Clark, but Complete Obsession wa...

Welcome to the community @userhdm, please explore and feel free to suggest improvements where you see them useful. bests

Welcome @bluefin, glad to have you onbaord.

@styx welcome to the forum. I am sure you will find the testimony of the other members here helpful. We also have a discord server. Bests

I am commenting to give more visibility to this thread.Thank you, Clark, for opening this discussion. I know that some members here live with BID more...

For BID, the ICD-11 does not mention genetics, it just defines Body Integrity Dysphoria clinically as a persistent desire to become physically disable...

Interesting topic the aesthetic dimension.My take, I see the body as something that develops as a whole over time. A body forming naturally has its ow...

Welcome Clark, and thanks for sharing

Thanks, Clark. An audiobook is a good idea. I will ask Springer how that would work and whether it is possible.In the meantime, I have started adapt...

I missed commenting here. Thank you for the nice words about my job.   Linking the book here --> 📚 Body Integrity Dysphoria and th...

Welcome @fox

I hear you. The decisive factor is the strength of the drive, how much the wave clouds judgement at a given moment. At the lower end, dysphoria can st...

Good feedback, thanks for sharing. I made a point on terminology by distinguishing impairment and disability, in line with the social model of disab...