I have always wanted to get a tattoo at some point, but like a lot of people, I always felt like I would be too scared by the prospect of pain to go through with it. I have never had a good pain tolerance.
The reason why I decided to go through with it was a convergence of things in my life. I have been feeling like I've entered into a clear new stage of my life. I'm figuring myself out after my nurodivergent diagnosis, my relationships are all in a good state, and I'm getting financially secure. So it felt like the right time to do something to mark it.
Another big thing was encouragement from Master to push myself and to try it out. He really helped me by talking me through it and setting hard deadlines for things like designs and bookings.
What was the pain like?
Going in to this, my biggest question was how painful was it going to be, so I figured this would be handy for someone to read my evaluation of it.
At the start, it really wasn't that bad. It was like someone running a particularly sharp pen down my arm or a nail. It was more annoying than anything else. However, as the skin around the tattooing area became inflamed, the pain picked up around the 7-minute mark, and I began to wonder if I needed to take a break. I'm told soon after this point is when the brain starts pumping out the endorphins and reduces the pain again, however, this was where my session finished. So no endorphin high for me 😞.
The design
I chose antlers for several reasons. There is the fact they carry a lot of meaning in my personal spirituality.
They also have symbolic meaning. Stags grow their antlers By shedding off the old set. I've felt like right now I've reached a clear stage of my life of maturity, so getting a set of shed antlers seemed a good metaphor. I drew these myself on my tablet. It was quite important to me that I made the design myself.
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