That’s why mental health tattoos are bold statements. Instead of pretending to be ok, the wearers choose to be honest with their feelings. And they make others with similar struggles feel less lonely.
Whether it’s about anxiety, depression, or other mental disorders, these tattoos send a clear message: mental health is health, too. The following tattoos, consider them your next ink :-
1. Don’t stop healing – Healing is not linear, and there may be twists and turns.
2. See the good – Things might not always be good. But there’s good in everything.
3. It’s ok – It’s ok to feel, to learn, to make mistakes and to start again.
4. Open heart, open mind – With this Tattoo you will invite good vibes and positivity to life.
5. Losing control – an abstract thigh tattoo – Sometimes the more you try to control everything, the less you can actually control.
6. See the good – A moth tattoo is a reminder that there’s always hope despite the struggles one is going through.
7. Go with your heart – Your instinct, your gut feelings are more powerful than you may imagine.
8. Mixed feelings – Emotions are complicated You can feel happy and sad, confident and scared at the same time.
9. It’s ok to not be fine – In this ignorant style tattoo, the heart is stabbed in a dozen different spots and bleeding.
10. Be strong – Mental strength is acquired through practice.
11. Embrace every side of you – Every version of you is part of you So whether you feel good or bad now.
12. A deep tattoo that shows how it’s like to have bipolar disorder – It’s ok if you don’t always understand how your mind functions.
13. A spiral tattoo – A common misconception about mental health illness is that the healing is linear.
14. Just hanging – This tattoo perfectly portrays what it’s like to be emotionally numb you feel detached from reality, hanging, watching, but not coping.
15. A tattoo to detox your brain – Mental well-being doesn’t mean feeling happy all the time.
16. A small tattoo that reflects the mental struggle –For some people, “be happy” is easier said than done.
17. The brain fog – Let yourself be confused, be lost, and feel how you feel.
18. A tattoo to throw away your stress – In real life, you may not be able to throw away stress as effortlessly as shown in this tattoo.
19. The happy pills – Focus on the good, and the good gets better.
20. Keep hoping on – Two crossed fingers represent the wish for good luck.
21. The mental health bell – At first glance, the bell doesn’t seem to have anything to do with mental health awareness.
22. Under the mask – You don’t need to fake a smile or pretend to be ok when you are not.
