ER88;69438 wrote:
My first tattoo started out as purely aesthetic but as I thought about it I kind of applied a meaning to it. My second one is christmasy because I was born on christmas… haha. So neither of mine were way in depth, but I am planning on getting a religious tattoo soon. Also, I have been” suffering” from pretty severe mental illness (bipolar) for the last half of my life and have been through a lot, good and bad, because of it. It drives my creativity but also puts me in hospitals. When I am medicated yeah it takes away the “illness” but it also takes away some of the good, too. So I am vaguely thinking of doing something that represents dualities, like the dualities of moods in bipolar disorder as well as the co-occuring good/bad effects it has on me. Some people might think this idea is stupid to affiliate myself with an “illness” but to me it’s not that simple I guess.
Call it a disease or whatever you want, it’s something you’ve lived through and i’m sure it’s changed you. I think that would be a great concept for a very meaningful tattoo, kind of a reminder too for when you’re feeling really low that it’ll pass and life will be great again. I say rock on
