I'm amazed at how many people have self-mutilated themselves in different ways. (By the way, the medical community for the most part, thinks that body modification is actually mutilation). Some not as severe as others, but take a look at some of these:

URL brings up viruses. Blocked.

http://doctorsonly.co.il/wp-content/upl ... 10_4_9.pdf

http://smvmch.ac.in/sites/default/files ... ophrenia.p df (Scroll down in this one to see the amputated parts)

This is gruesome: Interestingly there are different ways in which the amputated part is disposed off. Most patients show no interest in their amputated parts, although some patients who have sought help after mutilation take the amputated organs with them (Greilsheimer and Groves, 1979). In one bizarre case, a 51 year old man repeatedly practised GSM and ate the mutilated parts. On the last occasion, after bleeding to death, his penis was recovered from his colon at the time of autopsy (Koops and Puschel, 1990). http://www.gjpsy.uni-goettingen.de/gjp- ... lation.pdf

Hash (imported) wrote: Mon Sep 17, 2012 2:24 pm I'm amazed at how many people have self-mutilated themselves in different ways. (By the way, the medical community for the most part, thinks that body modification is actually mutilation). Some not as severe as others, but take a look at some of these:

URL brings up viruses. Blocked.

http://doctorsonly.co.il/wp-content/upl ... 10_4_9.pdf

http://smvmch.ac.in/sites/default/files ... ophrenia.p df (Scroll down in this one to see the amputated parts)

This is gruesome: Interestingly there are different ways in which the amputated part is disposed off. Most patients show no interest in their amputated parts, although some patients who have sought help after mutilation take the amputated organs with them (Greilsheimer and Groves, 1979). In one bizarre case, a 51 year old man repeatedly practised GSM and ate the mutilated parts. On the last occasion, after bleeding to death, his penis was recovered from his colon at the time of autopsy (Koops and Puschel, 1990). http://www.gjpsy.uni-goettingen.de/gjp- ... lation.pdf

I'd speculate it's more likely that last guy that bled out shoved his dick up his ass then bled out, given the found it in the colon and it would take quite a bit of time for it travel all the way to the end of the digestive/intestinal tract than it would have taken for him to bleed out.

--LT

A recent article that I just discovered a reference to today. I should have a copy of it to review by the end of the week. It looks interesting and Michael First is probably the expert on BIID. He agrees that BIID can include penis and/or testicles and that they may be the most common body parts involved among male sufferers.

Body Integrity Identity Disorder: The Persistent Desire to Acquire a Physical Disability

Michael B. First, Carl E. Fisher

Psychopathology 2012;45:3-14 (DOI: 10.1159/000330503)

Abstract

Background: Body integrity identity disorder (BIID) is a rare and unusual psychiatric condition characterized by a persistent desire to acquire a physical disability (e.g., amputation, paraplegia) since childhood that to date has not been formally described in the psychiatric nosology. Most BIID sufferers experience a chronic and dysphoric sense of inappropriateness regarding their being able-bodied, and many have been driven to actualize their desired disability through surreptitious surgical or other more dangerous methods. This review aims to characterize the history and phenomenology of this condition, to present its differential diagnosis, and to consider possible etiologies, treatment options, and ethical considerations.

Sampling and Method: Review of the psychiatric and neurological literature.

Results: A growing body of data suggests the existence of a discrete entity with onset by early adolescence and a negative impact on functioning. Parallel neurological conditions and preliminary experimental investigations suggest a possible neurobiological component in at least a portion of cases. While attempts at treatment have been described, no systematic evidence for efficacy has emerged.

Discussion: BIID is a unique nosological entity with significant consequences for its sufferers and as such may warrant inclusion in some form in the forthcoming DSM-5 and ICD-11.

Here is some evidence of neurological "set up" for BIID

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1 ... scans.html

Desire to amputate healthy limbs shows up in brain scans

2009

Now a study of four men with BIID suggest their condition is linked to reduced activity in a brain area involved in forming a mental body map.

Moi