Semicolon Tattoos Signify New Start, Inspire Hope in Others with Mental IllnessShe had yet to turn 30, but the trauma of her childhood wasslowly killing Naarah Pyscher.Her...Munz, Michele
According to the drug abuse and psychological state Administration’s 2016 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 9.8 million seriously considered committing suicide. This is often a separate number from those with a mental disease because the two aren’t always related. What’s more, the tatto...
Since the dawn of tattooing, people have been marking themselves with the signs of their totem animals. On the outer level of meaning, they are trying to gain the strengths and abilities of the totem animal. On a more inner and mystical level, totem animals mean that the bearer has a cl...
and I have explained what is it and why people get it. Normally I don’t say much about my own story, I prefer to aknowledge that mental health is something to take seriously and that there are many people
The semicolon isn’t just about mental illness, however. It has evolved in the 4 years since the trend began into something much greater and more powerful. It is now a statement of continuation from whatever one has faced in the past. It says: I know I might be going through hell; I...
In 2013, Amy Bleuel got her semicolon tattoo. The woman has lost her father to suicide. At the same time, she was also struggling against depression and mental illness. Depression is a very tough illness to live with, especially after the loss of a loved one. For Bleuel, the tattoo was...
I did drugs and drank a BUNCH until I was about 19 and then stopped that and started getting more tattoos. For me it’s honestly been a form of a vice that keeps me from doing those other things which are detrimental to my mental wellbeing. But tattoos are good for my mental well...
“All the scars — musical, physical, mental, emotional — they’re what define you,” says Manson. At 48, he has weathered the deaths of both parents, a divorce from burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese and the dissolution of several other high-profile relationships. ...
[that tattoo] on has a lot of self-harm scars, and there are some that could've stopped my story and they didn't." And on days when her mental health isn't where she wants it to be, she says it helps to look at her tattoos and remember that there is a part of herself she ...
Hannah Roggenkamp[1]Mental Illness ResearchAndrew NichollsJoseph M Pierre[2]VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System世界精神病学杂志