Types of Pretend Amputees

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Types of Pretend Amputees

Post: # 29567Unread post daemanue
13 Jun 2018, 23:31

Hi! I am posting this information for comments. You may agree or disagree.

INTRODUCTION
The behaviour of people who have a quite regular desire to hide their limbs inside their clothes is driven by many motives. There are numerous reports on the subject including medical diagnoses like Body Identity Integrity Disorder. These notes set out to explore and explain the different reasons which can produce the phenomena. The ideal outcome for readers of this report will be for observers to become less embarrassed and more accepting because they have gained more of an insight. As an avid pretend amputee from the age of seven years, I feel qualified to present my thoughts, experiments and findings considered over sixty years.

THE SPECTRUM OF PRETEND AMPUTEES
Innocence - At this end of the spectrum are the innocent children who just have fun playing with their arms and legs tucked inside their pyjamas, trousers or tee shirts. On the web there are many pictures and videos of children playing together trying to walk on their knees and swinging about their empty arms and trouser legs. They will do this indoors or outdoors. The parents are usually embarrassed and want them to dress normally. This is part of play and should just be accepted, provided that the children are not putting themselves at risk. Most children will grow out of this irritating behaviour eventually.

Mental Illness - The opposite and usually most worrying pretending situation is when people wish to potentially dispose of their own limbs. They spend a good deal of their life with there arms or legs bandaged and folded up inside their clothes thinking that they are amputees. This is defined as BIID – body identity integrity disorder. The reasons for their behaviour needs careful a mental assessment and risk assessment to prevent them attempting to remove their limbs in a DIY manner to improve their lives. Again, there are many individuals discussing this on the web who need professional help because they may be desperate.
Between the innocent and the desperate are a range of motives and behaviours, some of which are explained here. Most of these are just a way of life that the individuals choose to pursue like crossdressing, gambling or alcohol. In moderation and discretely, these behaviours are usually perfectly acceptable for children and adults.

Game Playing – To hide an arm in a sleeve or a leg inside a skirt, dress or nightie makes the person feel that they are less able bodied. To some this is risk taking. They retract their arms or legs and stay like that for long periods of time. When someone is approaching or may see them, they quickly resume wearing their clothes normally until their antics are out of sight again.

Dressing Up – Wearing pyjamas, nighties, dresses owned by a much older and larger family member happens for children and adults. Girls and boys going to bed in their parents, older siblings, cousins or aunties pyjamas and nighties is very common. They receive comfort from the oversized clothes where their arms and legs can be hidden inside and out of sight under the bedclothes. It can be a bedtime secret. They may sometimes even knot the sleeves or legs or put tight elastic bands around them too. For some, this is their first introduction to crossdressing. For others it is recreating swaddling that happened as a baby when their arms and legs were constrained. Some may steal the clothes they desire or divert clothes being thrown away or destined for the charity shops.

Attention Seeking - Whereas some amputees may remain secretive, others get satisfaction by going around indoors and outside as a pretend amputee. They have full confidence and their family and friend are fully engaged and accepting. They do not mind having photos taken and being video stars. It is dressing up in public for the public. Their friends help them if they want both arms folded inside their shirts, tops and pyjamas. They spend money on bandages and clothes for the camera.

Joy of Bondage – This is the behaviour exhibited by men and women who get extreme emotional or sexual satisfaction from having their limbs bound and hidden. This usually happens in private using rubber and latex suits.

CONCLUSION
There are a wide range of pretend amputee behaviours and motives which are all individual. Most are not problematical. However, for some the behaviour is strange or even worrying. The people doing are unlikely to change what they do. The question to answer is whether it is acceptable or unacceptable within society. Many real amputees resent pretend amputees because there is not a mutual understanding or acceptance of their physical and mental conditions.



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Re: Types of Pretend Amputees

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17 Dec 2021, 21:32

TYPES OF PRETEND AMPUTEES 2021 UPDATE
This is an updated version with four six sections and an updated conclusion section. It has been updated because more observations and research have been carried out.

The behaviour of people who have a quite regular desire to hide their limbs inside their clothes is driven by many different motives. There are numerous reports on the subject including medical diagnoses like Body Identity Integrity Disorder. These personal notes set out to explore and explain the different reasons that can produce the phenomena. The ideal outcome for readers of this report will be for observers to become less embarrassed and more accepting because they have gained more of an insight. As an avid pretend amputee from the age of seven years, I feel qualified to present my thoughts, experiments and findings considered over sixty years.

THE SPECTRUM OF PRETEND AMPUTEES
The spectrum includes :
1 Innocence
2 Fashion (new)
3 Necessity (new)
4 Empathy (new)
5 Mental Illness
6 Game Playing
7 Dressing Up
8 Attention Seeking
9 Bondage
10 Opportunism (new)
11 Collecting (new)
12 Attraction (new)

1 Innocence - At this end of the spectrum are the innocent children who just have fun playing with their arms and legs tucked inside their pyjamas, trousers or tee shirts. On the web there are many pictures and videos of children playing together trying to walk on their knees and swinging about their empty arms and trouser legs. They will do this indoors or outdoors. The parents are usually embarrassed and want them to dress normally. This is part of play and should just be accepted, provided that the children are not putting themselves at risk. Most children will grow out of this irritating behaviour eventually.

2 Fashion - In recent years, designer fashion has promoted excessively long sleeves that leave the sleeves many inches longer than normal to hang loose. The result is that adults appear to have empty sleeves with no hands and arms showing. The models wearing the fashion look as if they are amputees. Pretend amputees may in some instances want to copy the acceptable behaviour.

3 Necessity - Strangely there are also some adults and children who do not have quiet sleeps. They swing their arms about and disturb objects and those close to them whilst asleep. The causes can be habits, wild dreams or hallucinations. Entrapment of their arms inside the main body of their nighties or pyjamas and knotting of their sleeves to prevent access by their arms is a practical solution and has a calming effect.

4 Empathy – It is not unusual for a child or adult to see a limbless and copy them. An example is a member of the family who has lost an arm. A child will perhaps become fascinated and pretend that they have the same disability by hiding their own arm and leaving the sleeve empty. Another example is a close friend who is acting as a pretend amputee and is having fun. Their friend will copy them and have their same legs or arms folded away and hidden to enjoy the sensation together.

5 Mental Illness - The opposite and usually most worrying pretending situation is when people wish to potentially dispose of their own limbs. They spend a good deal of their life with there arms or legs bandaged and folded up inside their clothes thinking that they are amputees. This is defined as BIID – body identity integrity disorder. The reason for their behaviour needs careful a mental assessment and risk assessment to prevent them attempting to remove their limbs in a DIY manner to improve their lives. Again, there are many individuals discussing this on the web who need professional help because they may be desperate.

6 Game Playing – To hide an arm in a sleeve or a leg inside a skirt, dress or nightie makes the person feel that they are less able bodied. To some this is risk taking. They retract their arms or legs and stay like that for long periods of time. When someone is approaching or may see them, they quickly resume wearing their clothes normally until their antics are out of sight again.

7 Dressing Up – Wearing pyjamas, nighties, dresses owned by a much older and larger family member happens for children and adults. Girls and boys going to bed in their parents, older siblings, cousins or aunties pyjamas and nighties is very common. They receive comfort from the oversized clothes where their arms and legs can be hidden inside and out of sight under the bedclothes. It can be a bedtime secret. They may sometimes even knot the sleeves or legs or put tight elastic bands around them too. This is recreating swaddling that happened as a baby when their arms and legs were constrained.
For some, this is their first introduction to crossdressing. For men and boys it is much quicker and easier to hide their legs in a skirt, nightdress, caftan or dress. Sleeves and trouser legs are fiddly to master. Some may steal the clothes they desire or they may typically divert girl’s and lady’s clothes being thrown away or destined for the charity shops by their sister, mother, aunt or grandmother.

8 Attention Seeking - Whereas some amputees may remain secretive, others get satisfaction by going around indoors and outside as a pretend amputee. They have full confidence and their family and friend are fully engaged and accepting. They do not mind having photos taken and being video stars. It is dressing up in public for the public. Their friends help them if they want both arms folded inside their shirts, tops and pyjamas. They spend money on bandages and clothes for the camera. The images and videos are searchable on all the popular social media sites and probably the dark web. Some have been viewed tens of thousands of times.

9 Bondage – This is the behaviour exhibited by men and women who get extreme emotional or sexual satisfaction from having their limbs bound and hidden. This usually happens in private using rubber and latex suits. Some of the suits have no sleeves or legs.

10 Opportunism – This happens mostly to people who are in poverty. They position themselves as a pretend amputee on a busy walkway or in a shopping mall for long periods. They seek sympathy and discretely beg for money. Some even gain excitement from their experience. The activity can be profitable. It is usually condoned by most people. Some people are please to donate regularly as they pass.

11 Collecting – A pretend amputee may feel the need to have their own library of images and videos on their phone or tablet to view when they want to change their emotions e.g. excitement or stress relief. They may even buy pictures. The pictures may also possess private images and videos of themselves which they have acted, curated, anonymised and edited. This means that they can feel the joy of seeing pretend amputees when it is inconvenient or inappropriate to be a pretend amputee.

12 Attraction – It is a curious fact that some men and women are attracted to amputees, be they pretend or real. Pretend amputees who seek friendship may promote themselves on dating, amputee and social networking sites to start a dialogue and meet each other. The more success and empathy that they have, the more they will pretend. Their new friends will encourage them to perfect their pretending and hiding of their limbs.

CONCLUSION
There are a wide range of pretend amputee behaviours and motives which are all individual. Most are not problematic. However, for some the behaviour is strange or even worrying until it is understood. Between the innocent, aroused and the desperate are a range of motives and behaviours. Most of these are just a way of life that the individuals choose to pursue like crossdressing, gambling or alcohol. In moderation and discretely, these behaviours are usually perfectly acceptable in the right situations. The people doing are unlikely to want to change what they enjoy doing.
The question to answer is whether it is acceptable or unacceptable within society. Many real amputees resent pretend amputees because there is not a mutual understanding or acceptance of their physical and mental conditions.



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