"I'm happy I cut off my legs"

danslevent

This is the weirdest, most shocking video I have ever seen...I felt it needed to be shared!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA43DS2c12c&feature=related

Mr.Biscuits

Must have been reading the: "Avoid alcohol on a night out but yet still get legless" thread.

mysteries1984

They say before you judge someone you should walk a mile in their shoes. Oh, wait...

Where To

:eek:
I'm shocked and appalled and I haven't even clicked the link.

IM0

some people would give an arm an a leg for them

Sunnyisland

I was legless a few times but never this bad.

ejmaztec

Shinless wonder.

IM0

the best bit is he sounds like cleatus too!

Born to Die

Yeah, Jerry Springer that bastion of truth.

superstoner90

It prity much "walked" into that one.

Sandra. Is a females name?

WolfgangWeisen

There's a mental illness called Body Dysmorphic Disorder that causes those who suffer from it to obsessively hate a certain body part, or parts, of theirs to a point that thankfully the overwhelming majority of us will never realise.

Some of these sufferers will become so obsessed with the issue that they'll convince themselves that they'll be happier without it and will remove the limb/digit/etc themselves and will genuinely feel better after. I've seen some extreme cases where people have cut off most of their limbs yet claim their lives are significantly improved by it.

Thankfully it only happens a very small number of people, however I really question the type of person who points and laughs at mental illnesses, which is what the thread was created to do. Well done on posting a link to a Jerry Springer episode that is purposely making light of the issue, in no doubt a made up trashy story also. Questionable behaviour reinforced by linkage to absolutely vile behaviour.

Have a read if you're genuinely interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_dysmorphic_disorder

Rented Mule

Jerry ! Jerry !! Jerry !!!

IM0

superstoner90 wrote: »

She...

Sonics2k

Gods I miss Jerry Springer.

Poor Uncle Tom

No point in him being there, how can he argue this, hasn't got a leg to stand on.

micropig

Ah! sure they haven't a leg to stand on:rolleyes:

If they change their mind, they needn't coming running to me:D

Spunge

Man thats ****ed up. Why would anyone want to be a tranny.

Nodin

danslevent wrote: »

This is the weirdest, most shocking video I have ever seen...I felt it needed to be shared!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA43DS2c12c&feature=related

Ye think thats bad, ye'd want to hear about the lads that castrated themselves.

mysteries1984

WolfgangWeisen wrote: »

There's a mental illness called Body Dysmorphic Disorder that causes those who suffer from it to obsessively hate a certain body part, or parts, of theirs to a point that thankfully the overwhelming majority of us will never realise.

Some of these sufferers will become so obsessed with the issue that they'll convince themselves that they'll be happier without it and will remove the limb/digit/etc themselves and will genuinely feel better after. I've seen some extreme cases where people have cut off most of their limbs yet claim their lives are significantly improved by it.

Thankfully it only happens a very small number of people, however I really question the type of person who points and laughs at mental illnesses, which is what the thread was created to do. Well done on posting a link to a Jerry Springer episode that is purposely making light of the issue, in no doubt a made up trashy story also. Questionable behaviour reinforced by linkage to absolutely vile behaviour.

Have a read if you're genuinely interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_dysmorphic_disorder

To be fair, this is After Hours. There's a time and a place for a serious discussion about BDD, and this really isn't it.

TeddyTedson

a load of nonsense. JS is totally scripted by the way.

Riddle101

What an idiot. We have people who have lost limbs accidently and wish it never happened, and yet this one this it on purpose. Retard of the highest order.

WolfgangWeisen

mysteries1984 wrote:

To be fair, this is After Hours. There's a time and a place for a serious discussion about BDD, and this really isn't it.

I'm not sure I follow, making fun of mental illnesses is ok in this forum? If you remove the words "off" and "legs" and substitute in "wrists", you'll get a similarly desperate action taken by sufferers of other mental illnesses including depression and bipolarity. Are those illnesses open to having a point and laugh at here as well? Or is it just BDD because lol, look at that idiot removing their own body parts, they so dumb lol?

Chuck Stone

There's something creepy about parading these troubled people on TV for the amusement and point-and-laugh kicks of the audience.

micropig

WolfgangWeisen wrote: »

I'm not sure I follow, making fun of mental illnesses is ok in this forum? If you remove the words "off" and "legs" and substitute in "wrists", you'll get a similarly desperate action taken by sufferers of other mental illnesses including depression and bipolarity. Are those illnesses open to having a point and laugh at here as well? Or is it just BDD because lol, look at that idiot removing their own body parts, they so dumb lol?

Lay down your arms, We mean no 'arm:D

TeddyTedson

It's not real people!!!!

IM0

TeddyTedson wrote: »

It's not real people!!!!

then gets the zombies! :mad:

micropig

Did it cost them an arm a leg to make it?



I think they're a leg-ends!!

superstoner90

IM0 wrote: »

My mistake.

--LOS--

so disturbing, that was actually quite difficult to watch, the mind boggles.

Did everyone else also go on a spree of watching old jerry/ricky clips after watching this

Robdude

If it's on Jerry Springer you can be pretty certain it's fake.

Still - there are people with medical conditions that make their legs painful, difficult to use, or even dead weight. I don't see any reason not to have them surgically removed in those cases. If I knew I could never walk again - why keep them?

TeddyTedson

Robdude wrote: »

If it's on Jerry Springer you can be pretty certain it's fake.

Still - there are people with medical conditions that make their legs painful, difficult to use, or even dead weight. I don't see any reason not to have them surgically removed in those cases. If I knew I could never walk again - why keep them?

Exactly. He admitted some of the show was set up before. I'd say it was all scripted to be honest. Perhaps not in the beginning but once the show was well established it must have been.

mysteries1984

WolfgangWeisen wrote: »

I'm not sure I follow, making fun of mental illnesses is ok in this forum? If you remove the words "off" and "legs" and substitute in "wrists", you'll get a similarly desperate action taken by sufferers of other mental illnesses including depression and bipolarity. Are those illnesses open to having a point and laugh at here as well? Or is it just BDD because lol, look at that idiot removing their own body parts, they so dumb lol?

You're thinking about this too much. As I said, this forum isn't the place for a serious discussion about the condition. There are a lot of threads I've seen here poking fun at all manner of conditions and illnesses. This one is no different.

WolfgangWeisen

mysteries1984 wrote: »

You're thinking about this too much. As I said, this forum isn't the place for a serious discussion about the condition. There are a lot of threads I've seen here poking fun at all manner of conditions and illnesses. This one is no different.

Sorry, that excuse doesn't cut it with me.

I hope the forum will be as welcoming if I should choose to find some youtube videos by depression sufferers on the damage they've done to themselves due to their condition. Otherwise it's sheer hypocrisy and I would certainly expect that to be the case, without the need for a petty form of test.

skyflyer

Um. This guy, or whatever needs help...

micropig

skyflyer wrote: »

Um. This guy, or whatever needs help...

I have a chainsaw he can borrow if that would be any use, He might go mad altogether though and cut off his arms aswell:p

Archeron

Springfield prosthetic limbs. "why pay an arm and a leg for an arm or a leg"

mysteries1984

WolfgangWeisen wrote: »

Sorry, that excuse doesn't cut it with me.

I hope the forum will be as welcoming if I should choose to find some youtube videos by depression sufferers on the damage they've done to themselves due to their condition. Otherwise it's sheer hypocrisy and I would certainly expect that to be the case, without the need for a petty form of test.

I'm not making an excuse, I'm offering an explanation. Whether or not you accept it doesn't really matter to me - I'm just trying to give you an answer. The forum probably wouldn't be as accepting, no; depression is far more common than BDD.

But like I've already said, this isn't the place for a serious discussion. If you are offended by what you see here, then you should probably skip over it. I doubt you'll get much in the way of a reaction to your comments.