"Painting"

[musecalliopeia]

Instead of cutting, I've started a non-invasive, non-painful, non-injurious way of helping myself get through the more craptastic times - I paint (nail polish), draw, write things on myself; things to clear out my psyche, things to empty out the reservoirs of pain and anger. Some of them are angry on their own, some are unusual in other ways, some

Comments

[phillipalden]

I think that's an excellent solution.

[musecalliopeia]

Thank you. I don't remember how I even thought it up - I must've been sitting near a bottle of nail polish and decided to see what it would look like on skin.

My therapist is pretty happy with this solution, too.

[blackdjinn]

I think everyone thinks it's a perfectly workable substitute. We need to see if we can get better paint for you...

[musecalliopeia]

Yeah, but that pesky allergy to latex and the ease of flaking off of acrylics and the rubbing off of face paints...... Still, I like it, and it doesn't necessitate running to the ER for stitches.