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Body Integrity Identity Disorder (BIID), or Body Integrity Dysphoria, is a rare psychological condition characterized by an intense, lifelong desire to become physically disabled (e.g., amputee, paraplegic) because of a belief that a specific body part does not belong. Symptoms include severe distress, acting as if disabled, and risks of self-harm, often stemming from a discrepancy between the brain’s body map and physical reality.
I’ve recently stumbled upon such disorder’s existance, and in some ways it seems similar to gender dysphoria. It supposedly cannot be cured by therapy nor anti depressants. The way it manifests is really similar to how GD does, so I’m curious if it stems from similar malfunctions in different regions of the brain on a biological basis.
I’ve also recently saw some online comments under a video about BIID, and the way that people reacted were similar to how transphobes or cissoids do. I feel like it gives a perspective on how cissoids might perceive us. Probably not literally in the same way, but coming from the same background of lack of understanding. They literally cannot understand what they didn’t experience, just like we can’t understand BIID in the way BIID people do.
Sorry if too off topic from trans issues, or too truscum, but I want some actual discussion here. Not a troll post.
being a tranny is legitimate delusion
No I don’t think it is. We can’t change it. Or maybe it was a delusion, but it permanently affected the structure of our brain, which makes it a physical feature.
i know it’s not, im saying it is bc honlarperlarper said biid is legitimate delusion
BIID is the textbook definition of a delusion. a false belief that a specific body part does not belong. a delusion is a false belief.
the term “delusion” has medical meaning, you can’t just throw it around for everything you don’t understand, if they were delusional they wouldn’t acknowledge the existence of the limb, but they’re acutely aware of it and that it feels wrong, it’s not a belief bc amputation cures their biid, to me they sound completely rational and sane, they know the body part feel wrong and they know what amputation entails, they know their life will be harder after amputating one of their fucking legs but they still want that because there’s something wrong in how their brain is wired, there’s no delusion like in schizophrenia, it cannot be cured with antipsychotics, your argument is what transphobes say for trans people, a delusional man, doesn’t he know he has a dick? how can he think he’s a woman, obv transphobes ignore dysphoria, much like you are ignoring biid, you know know nothing about it yet are here to talk about someone else’s medical issue despite not talking to single person with biid or reading the wikipedia article or any case studies, you’d most likely be a transphobe if you weren’t trans yourself
“you’d most likely be a transphobe if you weren’t trans yourself”
im detransitioning 😶🌫️ not gonna be transphobic tho because i understand dysphoria