"I won’t be happy until I lose my legs"

The bizarre disease of body identity integrity disorder (BIID), where there is a need to remove one or more healthy limbs:

Removing the next leg will not be any easier than the first; the pain will be horrendous. But I have no regrets about the path I have chosen. In fact, if I regret anything, it is that I didn’t do this sooner. For the first time in my life, I can get on with being the real me.

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