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Message: <blockquote data-quote="d20fool" data-source="post: 2018053" data-attributes="member: 5956">Tattoo therapyIt is not my intention to offend, but to advise.  I am a suicide survivor, my brother took his own life ten years ago this upcoming May.  I am not at all familiar with your background or situation, but I am glad you feel comfortable sharing your feelings with us, that is good.  However, if you are thinking about suicide on a regular basis, and planning a tattoo as a preventative certainly qualifies, then you are suicidal by definition.  You may not desire it right now, but you are definately in danger.I hope that you have already sought professional help and that said therapist is aware of your chronic thoughts.  Be aware that suicide victims have a complete lack of serotonin in their brain and are chemically imbalanced and incapable of rationality.  In other words, you may find yourself doing things you currently do not think you are capable of.  You are put into the unlikely and unwanted situation of not being able to trust yourself, I feel you must be aware of this and hope you take the appropriate interventions.I am not dissuading you from getting a tattoo, I think that it is an excellent countermeasure to doing something irrational and a personal declaration of your commitment to life.  However, it is no substitute for therapy, which I urge you to seek.  I miss my brother dearly, and wish that he had sought help before he made the choices he did.Further, I must advise you carry this phone number, 1-800-784-2433, or check <a href="http://suicidehotlines.com/" target="_blank">http://suicidehotlines.com/</a> for a number for your state.  It is important to give yourself support for a moment of weakness.  Make sure you keep daily contact with people who know you and can "read" you for shifts in behavior.  Self monitoring during this time can be difficult.  And again, if you have not done so, please seek help.John McCarty</blockquote>

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