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The thing where people cut off their limbs
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:18 pm
by Kayte R.
What is it called?
Sorry, I can't reverse-google this sort of thing... what is the psychological disorder where a person feels like they have a limb they shouldn't have and try desperately to remove it? Sort of the opposite of ghost limbs.
The thing where people cut off their limbs
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:21 pm
by Marsupialized_Archive
Sexy, that's what I call it
The thing where people cut off their limbs
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:25 pm
by jayryan_Archive
"the western-canadian stocking stuffer"
The thing where people cut off their limbs
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:26 pm
by night_tools_Archive
Apparently it's called
body integrity identity disorder, or
apotemnophilia if there's a sexual element to it.
This is desire to have a disabled identity in which sufferers with healthy limbs request one or two limb amputations. Some individuals are driven to DIY amputation such as putting their limb on a railway line. Very little is known about this bizarre and rare condition.
I think it falls under the wider term of
body dysmorphic disorder
This information comes at a price however....I'm afraid it's going to cost you an arm and a leg
The thing where people cut off their limbs
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:28 pm
by Rodabod_Archive
night_tools wrote:This information comes at a price however....I'm afraid it's going to cost you an arm and a leg
Stop trying to make me laugh my ass off.
The thing where people cut off their limbs
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:34 pm
by Marsupialized_Archive
I can totally see where people get into this
The thing where people cut off their limbs
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:37 pm
by muzorewis daughter_Archive
where are the video links
The thing where people cut off their limbs
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:38 pm
by emmanuelle cunt_Archive
Kayte R. wrote:What is it called?
Sorry, I can't reverse-google this sort of thing... what is the psychological disorder where a person feels like they have a limb they shouldn't have and try desperately to remove it? Sort of the opposite of ghost limbs.
Fuck!
The thing where people cut off their limbs
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:45 pm
by Dr Venkman_Archive
Rodabod wrote:night_tools wrote:This information comes at a price however....I'm afraid it's going to cost you an arm and a leg
Stop trying to make me laugh my ass off.
You guys deserve a hand for this exchange.
The thing where people cut off their limbs
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:47 pm
by Skronk_Archive
I remember watching a documentary on this a few years ago. They interviewed an old man that shot his leg off with a shotgun because he always wanted to be an amputee.