This woman had always wanted to be
blind, and a sympathetic psychologist made that dream come true by
pouring drain cleaner in her eyes. Jewel Shuping, from North Carolina,
had thoughts of being blind
from a young age (left and right). The 30-year-old was diagnosed with
Body Integrity Identity Disorder, where able-bodied people believe they
are meant to be disabled. She fulfilled her wishes when she arranged for
a sympathetic psychologist to pour drain cleaner into her eyes.
Medics
battled to save her eyes - against her wishes - but the corrosive
substance melted her eyes and within six months she was blind. She said
she can understand why people might be angry about someone giving
themselves a disability but says it wasn't a choice but a need, based on
a disorder of the brain.
Telling her shocking story, Ms Shuping said her fascination with blindness began early in childhood.
My mother would find me walking in the
halls at night, when I was three or four years old,' she said. 'By the
time I was six I remember that thinking about being blind made me feel
comfortable. I was
'blind-simming', which is pretending to be blind, but the idea kept
coming up in my head and by the time I was 21 it was a non-stop alarm
that was going off,' she said.
Determined
to turn her dream into a reality, Ms Shuping found a psychologist
willing to help her become blind and took the necessary steps in 2006.
"When I woke up the
following day I was joyful, until I turned on to my back and opened my
eyes - I was so enraged when I saw the TV screen.'
Daily Mail
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