After doing a lot of research, I suspect that a close family member has Borderline Personality Disorder. Everything I read says "Bingo". She spent a week in the hospital because she attempted suicide, and she was on 3 major drugs. Now is on 2 drugs plus therapy and is back to work, but I can tell she is nowhere close to where she should be. Given all of that: One of the signs of this BPD is cutting/self mutilation. She has 5 tattoos, and only 1 is barely visible. So I say "Why?" She says they really really hurt, but she continued to get 4 more that nobody can see. QUESTION: Is my hunch a stretch, or would tattoos be an indicator of cutting/self mutilation considering she has so many other BPD indicators? All comments welcome. Thanks.