I personally believe that tattoos are a form of body mutilation and that people mutilate their bodies because they hate themselves.
What you believe has no bearing on what others actually think.(I don’t mean that angrily)
I would say, on average, that those with tattoos are less risk averse.
No one I know with tattoos, which is most, hates themselves.
I agree that many here would say it’s “bodily mutilation” or against God’s creation.
Many I know are agnostic and don’t think what many here do.
Statistically N=1 is meaningless overall, but the only suicide I personally know had zero tattoos.
Indian female with arranged marriage, so she sat on the train tracks.
I've thought that for a long time, tool
Our Ace Hardware store up the road has a young lady working the cash register. She's nice enough, but full nose ring, facial jewelry, constantly changing hair color, etc. She always has long sleeves on, but one hot day this summer she wore short sleeves. Both arms had "X" scar marks up and down them. It finally dawned on me she had cut herself a LOT when younger and those were scars upon scars upon scars. It was the saddest thing ever to see. At least she's alive and working and she's actually quite nice. I cannot imagine that level of self-hate.