LID (Language Identity Disorder) / NID (Nationality Identity Disorder) A few weeks ago I was watching a “documentary” about a mental/physical disorder where a guy was describing his childhood when he used to have a strange feeling that his left leg was not part of his body. He then finally as an adult finished cutting his leg off. They called this as BIID (Body Integrity Identity Disorder) and defined it as a neurological and psychological disorder that makes sufferers feel they would be happier living as an amputee. This “documentary” deals also with the concept of genders and sexuality and how some people feel that they were born in the wrong body (male or female). As in the story above, some people suffering a GID (Gender Identity Disorder) end their problems by switching gender, what we call a transgender. It is worth mentioning that this subject sows a controversy in the fact that some people consider that this “disorder” is not mental but biological or they don´t even consider it a disorder. The fact that there is a physical component on both of these “disorders” is pretty intersting and it brought to my mind an old idea about those who, in their mind, feel they were born in the wrong country / family / language community; and brought me to write about it and their/our feelings. I would like to exclude from this group those who are immature or in their teenage and still searching for their identity; probably to exclude also people with parents of different nationalities (i.e. American father and Japanese mother) or adopted because they may have a conflict of interest; and finally people living in a foreign country with a different heritage, because they yearn for their home country. Thinking outside the box and giving the resulting group the benefit of the doubt I will assume that there is a biological/neurological or even a karma or reincarnation factor on their thoughts, and I would call it a LID (Language Identity Disorder) and the other a NID (Nationality Identity Disorder). This two links are examples of them. http://notreallyaustralian.blogspot.com/2011/04/brunswick-street-andrew-street-metlink.html http://about.me/oogatta I might write some more about it in the future. If you feel like fitting on the description, please make a comment. If you see something wrong on my writing please correct me. Thanks Richard