Tattoos are an addiction?


The long connection between tattoos and individuals of questionable character is not the sole account for why tattoos are frequently given a bad reputation. Although, of course, in this connection that is becoming less and less of a factor as each generation progresses, has been true in many circumstances, the subject of tattoos in today has another cloud over his reputation, but it is darker, and rarely based on truth.

Of both those who know and those who do not, there are frequent insinuations about the "addictive" characteristics of tattoos. Many many people sport tattoos, some have acquired over several years or decades, while others make regular trips to their favorite tattoo studios, but arbitrarily labeling this as an "addiction" is unfair, unrealistic, and rarely are based on fact. As each person has their own individual reason for getting tattoos, it is impossible to know what reason a person is unless he or she says. Some works of art, some want to honor a special person, some get tattoos in order to feel part of a specific group, some people just enjoy spending money. In other words, most people have their own individual reasons for getting tattoos, and almost never a matter of being "addicted" to them.

There are two parts of this misconception. Both play a role in giving a bad reputation to the subject of tattoos and people who choose to get them. The first is that people are addicted to tattoos themselves, the second misconception is that people are addicted to the process of getting them - specifically, they are "addicted to pain." One might wonder the mindset of someone who affirms the latter view, but it certainly offers a good range of misunderstandings about the whole subject.

A tattoo artist, saying that tattoos are a "fever", had referred to the simple, if odd, enjoyment which many of its customers must be able to spend money to buy permanent artwork for themselves . "I think I'll get another" was something you hear in your studio. This was not an "addiction" by any definition of the word. Nor, in his decades of practice as a tattoo artist, did a client ever even remotely enjoyed the discomfort of the tattoo process.

The word, and its misapplication to tattoos, is often shaken by those who know very well what the word "addiction" really means. Addiction is a compulsion, something that a person has no self-control. Addiction can not differentiate between a "want" and a "necessity." People who have numerous addictions - drugs, alcohol, behavior, etc - may well become addicted to tattoos. However, it is certainly not the case for most people who decide to get them. Most people who get tattoos do so simply because they want, they do not have the weakness of character which leads addicts in the position of being forced to do something.

The concept that a person tattoos because he or she is addicted to pain and therefore enjoys the painful process of being tattooed can only come from one of the most ignorant or those who have some personal problems of their own.

Unfortunately, these two misconceptions shed a very negative light in both the topic of tattoos and people who use them. A bad reputation they do not deserve, as is almost never any fact in any of the points of view. While some people get tattoos with less than desirable motives, most people do so without negative attachment to either the tattoos or the process whatsoever. The conclusion is that if you find someone who is trying to convince you that getting tattoos is an addiction, you've probably found someone who really is an addict and does not realize that most people are not.


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