Apotemnophilia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apotemnophilia is the erotic interest in being or looking like an amputee. It should not be confused with acrotomophilia, which is the erotic interest in people who are amputees. When experienced v...
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Body integrity identity disorder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Body Integrity Identity Disorder ( BIID ), formerly known as Amputee Identity Disorder , refers to a neurological and psychological mental disorder implying a psychological feeling that one would...
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Apotemnophilia: a paraphilia of the stigmatic/eligibilic type in which sexuerotic arousal and facilitation or attainment of orgasm and dependent upon oneself being an amputee [from the Greek, apo, from + temnien, to cut = - philia].
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The phenomenon is not as rare as one might think: healthy people deliberately setting out to rid themselves of one or more of their limbs, with or without a surgeon's help. Why do pathologies sometimes arise as if from nowhere? ... In January of this year British newspapers began running articles about Robert Smith, ... "To be honest,
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Facts and Tips about Apotemnophilia ... Apotemnophilia (from Greek ap?t?µ?e?? "to cut off") or amputation fetish is the overwhelming desire to amputate one or more healthy limbs. Some authorities hold that the condition is often sexual in origin.
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When Less Feels Like More: Deciphering the mystery of apotemnophilia, with additional insights into anorexia and other psychological disorders, in the hope of uncovering essential truths about all human beings;
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Heard of apotemnophilia, coprophilia, frotteurism, klismaphilia or gerontosexuality? Neither had Congress until Rep. Alcee Hastings decided to give the ... Hastings rose to the floor to speak against the inclusion of apotemnophilia, coprophilia, frotteurism, klismaphilia, gerontosexuality and others terms in HR-191:
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Two case reports of apotemnophilia, or "amputation love," were first described by Money et al in 1977. ... Early recognition and diagnosis of apotemnophilia may prevent unnecessary serious injuries requiring costly hospitalizations for patients with apotemnophilia. Apotemnophilia is a rare potential cause of...
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BACKGROUND: The syndrome of apotemnophilia, body integrity or amputee identity disorder, is defined as the desire for amputation of a healthy limb, and may be accompanied by behaviour of pretending to be an amputee and sometimes, but not necessarily, by sexual arousal. ... The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology...
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These men and women suffer from apotemnophilia, one of the most bizarre disorders in the annals of psychology, and they want to undergo amputations in order to "feel whole." ... The cause of apotemnophilia isn't clear. John Money, a psychologist and sexuality expert at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,
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