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Re: tattoo to fulfill SH needs - April 17th 2014, 01:55 AM
If the tattoo is something you really want, I think that you should get it, but make sure that it is something you really want and you're not doing it just for the sensation or the pain.

On the "Is this self harm?" sticky we have, I saw that tattoos and piercings CAN be included if they are just done for the pain.

But, for you it seems like tattoos are also really meaningful and you are doing it for more than just the sensation. If they're something you really like and if you think that seeing them every day will be a motivation to not self harm, I don't see why you shouldn't. I mean, there are people who get butterflies or other things like that tattooed on them because they're a reminder to not self harm, so why not?

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