Hello everyone. I am RJ and am an lbe pretender with prosthetic. Home made very realistic. Pretend in public often and at home daily. It is the only way I have found peace dealing with my BIID and the strong desire to become an amputee. At heart I think I am more of or at least was originally a dak wannabe but pretending as a dak is not realistic for me. Over the past few years I have come to love living much of my life as an lbe wearing my hook. When in public I do wear long sleeve shirts and try not to flaunt it too much as it is a little fat around my fist area but with the sleeves it's not noticeable and for the most part when people see the hook they quickly look away and even when they do stare they don't stare close enough to see that it's a fake fake arm. I do like to discuss BIID and have been since 2009 trying to get a movement started to get the medical world to accept us like they have GID. We have a long way to go but that day is coming. I fully believe it will only take a hand full of us with the courage to talk about our issue out loud. Talk about it with our politicians and go in with numbers, facts, those who have done self harm and have died to become amputees, paraplegics, blind. Our needs are no less important than trans gender people. We must take the fight to the media the way they did if we ever expect to be heard. Feel free to contact me.