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I am *so* glad you are not my mental health professional. Before the DSM IV TR came out, there was the DSM IV, and before that, there was the DSM III, and before that? DSM II. This means that they are continually adding things to the DSM, and continually taking things out. A condition may...

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It is an easy assumption to make, and to be fair, there is an obssessive element to BIID, but it is not OCD. Drugs and OCD treatments tried on people with BIID have not worked. Again, this is not just me saying so, but professionals in the field of psychology and psychiatry. Sorry :)...

It is a subtle difference, easy to misunderstand. Someone with anorexia thinks their body is fat, but it is normal. We know our body are normal, but our body feels alien. That meeting/conference took place a long time ago and the organisers haven't been active at all in a long time. Also...

Ok, I'm not sure how to state this any more clearly than it has been stated already, but I'll try: BIID (Body Integrity Identity Disorder) is a term that was proposed by Dr. Michael First. Dr. First is a world recognised psychiatrist. Dr. First is also the editor of the DSM-IV-TR, as well...

There are many differences between anorexia, which is generally accepted as a form of Body Dysmorphic Disorder and BIID. One of them, as I explained earlier, that someone with anorexia perceives their body as being "wrong", when in fact their body is fine. People with BIID know their body is...

Learning new stuff is always good :) I think that your perception of "mental illness" very much follows the medical model. In that model, such an illness is indeed something to be cured. In the medical model of disabilities, deafness is also something wrong, something broken, to be cured...

Yes, it is a pretty strong statement. Do you agree that being gay is not a choice? I hope you do, because I feel that way. And having Body Integrity Identity Disorder is also not a choice. Who would chose to be dealing with so much pain and anguish, who would chose to be rejected by family...

I think most of us welcome sincere questions from people who want to understand. It is very difficult to understand. The only thing I can say is that, for me, it is a question of being myself. Like I was born in the wrong body. It is not about attention. For a while, I thought it was...

Jillio, You are working from many assumptions that are just that. Preconcieved notions. This is not bad per se, but it is also fairly representative of the uphill battle people with BIID have to fight. There are no real studies to back me up on this, though it has been mentionned in...