Jewel Shuping says she is happier than ever after becoming blind. The North Carolina woman told Barcroft TV that becoming blind has always been a lifelong wish of hers and she is happy she has now fulfilled it.According to Barcroft TV, the 30-year-old suffers from Body Integrity Identity Disorder. BIID is a condition where able-bodied sufferers believe they are meant to be disabled.Shuping's obsession with being blind began when she was a child."By the time I was six I remember that thinking about being blind made me feel comfortable," she told Barcroft TV She soon began wearing thick, black sunglasses as a teenager. When Shuping was 18, she purchased her first cane. By 20, the North Carolina woman was already fluent in braille.She said she was 'blind-simming':"[I was]pretending to be blind, but the idea kept coming up in my head and by the time I was 21, it was a non-stop alarm that was going off."At 26, Shuping found a psychologist who was willing to help her fulfill her dream. She claimed the doctor put numbing drops in her eyes followed by drops of drain cleaner.The 30-year-old said the blindness didn't kick in overnight."When I woke up the following day I was joyful, until I turned on to my back and opened my eyes – I was so enraged when I saw the TV screen," she told Barcroft TV It wasn't until over a year later that it took full effect. One of Shuping's eyes had to be removed, the other one suffered from glaucoma