Elective Amputation vs Gender Reassignment Surgery...

[Missourian]

Is elective amputation a mental illness... should they receive therapy or should elective amputation be allowed and covered under health insurance?

How does this compare to elective gender reassignment?

"It’s not totally understood, but it’s considered a form of body dysmorphia, and people are choosing to have perfectly healthy limbs removed."​

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One person who explains his feelings for elective amputations says that he has “extra” limbs, and that they “feel alien.”​

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Elective Amputation - People Are Choosing To Have Healthy Limbs Removed - Mix 96

It's not totally understood, but it's considered a form of body dysmorphia, and people are choosing to have perfectly healthy limbs removed.

mix96sac.com

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Extreme body modification: Amputees risk DEATH by cutting off OWN limbs

MEET the people at war with their own bodies.

www.dailystar.co.uk

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[dblack]

Is elective amputation a mental illness... should they receive therapy or should elective amputation be allowed and covered under health insurance?

How does this compare to elective gender reassignment?

"It’s not totally understood, but it’s considered a form of body dysmorphia, and people are choosing to have perfectly healthy limbs removed."​

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One person who explains his feelings for elective amputations says that he has “extra” limbs, and that they “feel alien.”​

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Elective Amputation - People Are Choosing To Have Healthy Limbs Removed - Mix 96

It's not totally understood, but it's considered a form of body dysmorphia, and people are choosing to have perfectly healthy limbs removed.

mix96sac.com

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Extreme body modification: Amputees risk DEATH by cutting off OWN limbs

MEET the people at war with their own bodies.

www.dailystar.co.uk

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What someone else does with their own body is really none of your business.

 

[Missourian]

What someone else does with their own body is really none of your business.

First, you done in that other thread where I gave you the link you asked for?

Second, The Hippocratic Oath says "First, do no harm."

Isn't amputating a healthy limb doing harm?

 

[dblack]

First, you done in that other thread where I gave you the link you asked for?

Second, The Hippocratic Oath says "First, do no harm."

Isn't amputating a healthy limb doing harm?

Not for me to decide. Or you.

 

[Missourian]

Not for me to decide. Or you.

I'm not deciding... I'm discussing.

Are you opposed to that too?

 

[dblack]

I'm not deciding... I'm discussing.

Are you opposed to that too?

Only opposed to government mandates.

 

[Missourian]

Only opposed to government mandates.

We aren't discussing the government.

We are discussing whether doctors should electively amputate healthy limbs due to a body dysmorphia that they believe may well stem from a mental illness.