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Originally Posted by Anxiousvalkyrie
I very much disagree with the thought that excessive tattooing is a form of self harm. I think tattooing has become so mainstream now that even well respected and tradionally conservative members of society such as doctors, lawyers, heads of corporations ect now sport full sleeves and heavily tattooed torsos under their lab coats and suits. Identifying tattooing as self harm in a clinical sense is an outdated label IMO.
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It's not so much about my opinion, as something I have read about. I think it's fair to say that it cannot be ruled out entirely as having a negative psychological basis for some people. And for those, likely subconscious.
Like you point out, not everyone gets them for the same reason, and most
don't have meaning(!) You brought up the example of the lower back tribal one. Though I'm not personally into tattooing (so don't know much about many patterns), one immediately came to mind(!) Lol, that's probably the very one!
Alright, break over. Bleh, back to chores.
