I have a hard time accepting this... as a caregiver to a disabled person (who I knew long before they became disabled) I know first-hand what a huge impact it has had on their life, mostly for the worse. The only positive is that they have been able to meet some great friends through their disability through support groups and the like.
Depression, feelings of hopelessness, loss of self worth, feeling ignored by society (seriously, being in a wheelchair may as well make you invisible because that's how you are treated)... and yet these perfectly healthy people are willingly chosing to alter their bodies in these extreme ways? It's insulting to those who struggle with true disability and would give so, so much to not have to live like that.
Depression, feelings of hopelessness, loss of self worth, feeling ignored by society (seriously, being in a wheelchair may as well make you invisible because that's how you are treated)... and yet these perfectly healthy people are willingly chosing to alter their bodies in these extreme ways? It's insulting to those who struggle with true disability and would give so, so much to not have to live like that.