A long rave

[Bill16]

Nah you don't need reminders of a certain time in your life that wasn't the best ay @eth 

[eth]

Too right @Bill16   Re tats - I've never understood why people get them on areas they can't see themselves, only other people can see.  Mine are definitely for me to see.  Represent deeply held beliefs.  There's a guy at the pool I go to has one on  his back that says "please resuscitate if found face down"!

[Bill16]

Yep my tattoo is for me,I was in a dark place before I got diagnosed @eth 

[eth]

@Bill16  do you want to talk about your diagnosis?  I have bipolar 1 and complex PTSD - didn't know about the bp1 until I was 46, involuntarily scheduled coz I was manic and in psychosis, but also in a total flight state from the incident I mentioned.  And got my tats within a couple of months after I got out of hospital.  Almost like I needed a reminder of who I was before.

[Bill16]

Yep no worries @eth  I'm a paranoid scizophrenic ,think I've got other sh!t going on too

[Adge]

Hi @eth I have a Dragon Tattoo on one arm, & an Angel Tattoo on the other arm.

I also have some piercings.

I got them in my mid-40's - I would not have been game, earlier.

Adge

[eth]

Hi @Bill16  sorry I disappeared for a while - I always have to seize the moment when I get an invite to join bro and sil.  Had a coffee with them and sorted out diaries re times away etc.  They head off in an hour or so, so it had to be done.

Thankyou for sharing your diagnosis - I imagine that when ps flares up it's a bit like the psychosis I've had several times.  Paranoia and false ideas about what's reality have been part of it for me.

Hey @Adge  your tats sound like good ones. Funny how we both waited til our 40s - maybe similar to what they call 'mid life crisis' - a need to feel more authentic to ourselves and do the things we've always wanted to do.  PS I don't think it really is a 'crisis' as such, more of an emergence.

[eth]

Hi @Angels333 and @saturnzoon and anyone else this might be helpful for - just found out about phone apps called 'Calm Harm' and 'Clear Fear' .  They look very useful to me to help at needed times.

[Maggie]

@Bimby2  💜💜💜

[Maggie]

@eth @Bill16  Interesting tats talk. 😍😍 I love my nose diamond more than my 1 tat.

Hi to you both and all coming through later.