Topic: Jewel Shuping

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Jewel Shuping, a woman with Body Integrity Identity Disorder, recounts how a psychologist helped her permanently blind herself by pouring Drano into her eyes. Shuping initially claimed the procedure made her feel "free," but later suggested she was manipulated by an abusive individual who derived pleasure from the act. Jones uses this story to illustrate the dangers of "affirming" mental illness in children and adults.