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Phantom Limb Pain (mander.xyz)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
 

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[โ€“] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I do not recommend it, but you do you

[โ€“] uuldika@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

there's a rare mental illness called Body Integrity Dysphoria which makes people want to amputate a limb. They have less phantom pain than ordinary amputees, supposedly.