Heather Parrie received a semicolon tattoo to support Project Semicolon. She wasn’t supporting a friend or family member, though. To the contrary, she did it for herself after publicly revealing a diagnosis for depression and anxiety. Parrie is a blogger that resides in Kansas City, Missouri....
which is “dedicated to presenting hope and love for those that are battling depression, suicide, addiction, and self-injury”. The organization encourages the drawing of semicolon tattoos on their bodies as a sign of power.
As a result, they may resort to tattooing to cope with depression and other psychiatric problems [20]. Descriptive data show that drug users with tattoos prefer larger tattoos, begin tattooing at a very young age, and possess more tattoos than adults who do not use drugs [60]. Tattooing ...
found in the female population, it is contended [24] that women may be more prone to seek emotional solace and recovery by making greater use of this body art technique since a relationship between the presence of tattoos and levels of self-esteem and depression has been observed among women...