i want to get a tattoo the represent my past with self injury?

Question

my idea was a self injury ribbon and then on the inside of the ribbon color Orange and then have also on the inside it will say self abuse finally ends and the date that i stop self injury on october 31,2010 i want other ideas to thanks

Answer 1

i'm not saying tattooing is an injury but why not just let your body be natural as a way of expressing the relief and purity of your new lifestyle? just a thought

Answer 2

Haven't got it yet, but I'm going to get the words 'just breathe" on the inside of my arm. I still self injure occasionally, and when I'm feeling like doing it I just remind myself to breathe and calm down and get past the anxiety without hurting myself. So for me the words 'just breathe' mean alot. I'm also going to get a horse head on my wrist since going to the barn and spending time with my horses helped me stop too. I personally don't like the idea of the ribbon, to me it just seems like you are advertising to the world what you used to do. Not saying you are, just giving my opinion on it. I would go with something a little more subtle, but that's just me(I hate people knowing I hurt myself, so bad to the point I've avoided getting the tat on my arm cause they would see the scars, have tats several places but nowhere that I have scars). But if that's what you want and it means alot to you then by all means go for it. Don't let a bunch of random people on the internet influence your thinking on the subject.





EDIT: Forgot to say, I also wouldn't put the date you stopped on it. If you ever relapse it might make it more depressing that you had stopped for a while and then slipped up. I know I would always get even more mad at myself if I thought I had managed to stop and then ended up hurting myself again, so having the date I had "stopped" on my skin would have made me even more mad at myself.

Answer 3

do no longer trick your self with the aid of having something that has something to do inclusive of your eating themes or slicing, and thereby fairly honoring your problems AND prolonging them with the aid of having something everlasting tattooed so as that they are going to be carried on into your destiny! you're justifying paying interest on your issues continuously. you is merely no longer freed from them this type. First, bypass get ideal counseling, and fairly face up on your themes in an clever and efficient way. once you have reached a healthful and loose attitude, then bypass forward and get a tattoo, yet have it a pair of effective objective, or destiny, or issues which you adore, and stuff which you stumble on appropriate. Your tattoo ought to make you smile and sense outstanding approximately your existence. do no longer drag negativity into your destiny, and think of that it will fairly sparkling up something. It won't. it relatively is merely a thank you to proceed alongside the comparable music, yet pretend which you're doing something different. bypass get counseling - use you funds on that now to get healthful. success~

Answer 4

isn't getting a tattoo a form of self injury? If you have a counselor that you are working with during this difficult process I would think you should talk to him or her before you go through with it. However great job stopping. I think my little cousin is hurting herslef and it breaks my heart

Answer 5

I went thru a huge depression after my first love and i broke up (it was nasty)

and i got the word Serenity tattooed on my rib-cage to represent what i wanna strive for and it also helps me with realizing that time heals everything.



is there a word with special significance that you might like?

Answer 6

i think just the ribbon, otherwise it may look like your crying out for attention, its also more classy getting just the ribbon

Answer 7

I would put your idea maybe around your upper thigh or how about your face ripping through your skin on your stomach, like you're finally breaking through to the outside...just a thought...

Answer 8

you should get the ribbon on your wrist, then the date you stopped in small print below it