Hi musinglizzy,

Congrats, and I think that's awesome! Will you consider showing them to your T and sharing your feelings that you have expressed here re: feeling free? I think if you do, you would probably feel much better than if you try and cover them up. You could also tell her that you were afraid that she would try and make them about something negative, which they aren't?

I personally have 9. I am 38...and I will probably get more. I was a cutter for a very short period of time (like a month, I was about 34 and had never done it before; I was going through some very hard stuff). The T I was seeing at the time tried to make the new tattoos I got on my arms (4) when I was SI'ing about my cutting, but he was just wrong, which I told him, and then he let it go. I never have liked the feeling of getting tattooed (hello, they hurt), but I love the results! And as for the location of my forearms, I had run out of space everywhere else I considered ok to have permanent ink on my body!

Anyway, I think taking care of yourself is great; perhaps your T will see it like that, too?