What is wrong with those people who get tattoos?

[Shadow Wolf]

So poor people who can't afford nice clothes, or frugal people who don't like to waste money on new clothes have psychological issues? Are you a doctor? Do you have the right to give such advice regarding someone's psychological health?

I didn't say anything about "nice new" clothes.

 

[SkepticThinker]

Who are they gonna get to have their appendix removed? If a surgeon removes someone's appendix because I told someone that I thought they needed their appendix removed, then shame on the doctor that removes the appendix.

Maybe they're like you and they just found some guy who thinks he knows what he's talking about.

 

[Sonofason]

Maybe they're like you and they just found some guy who thinks he knows what he's talking about.

Oh well, sometimes stupid people do stupid things and end up dead. Not my problem.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Oh well, sometimes stupid people do stupid things and end up dead. Not my problem.

The thing is, without medical testing, it is literally impossible for you to know if someone's appendix needs to come out or not. There are even a few illnesses and syndromes than can cause intense pain in the abdomen and other symptoms that is so similar to the pain a burst appendix that you should definitely go to the ER, but it may not even be your appendix. When it happened to me, it turned out I had a case of strep throat and my appendix didn't burst. I have IBS. With that, there is literally no way to diagnose it until after a patient has been through a battery of tests and exams to rule out everything else from colitis, parasites, even cancer. That's why people without the background, knowledge, experience, degrees, license, and proper tools do not give advice, and why it is unethical, and often illegal, for someone who doesn't have those things to give medical, psychological, and psychiatric advice.

 

[Kelly of the Phoenix]

Well, to be completely honest, I believe that nudity in public places is illegal.

So what? Even God asked Adam and Eve who on earth told them they were naked. The implication is that it isn't. So why wear clothes? Wearing tattoos is legal, though frowned upon in certain professional settings, yet you would deny them while also denying something God didn't seem to have a problem with in the first place.

When she goes into the kitchen she always leaves all of the cabinet doors open

Surely there's a reason, though. Just as you have a reason for keeping them closed, she has a reason for keeping them open. My first instinct would be that something like a bug or mouse or something jumped out at her in the past and it terrified her so she wants to be proactive. She may not even remember why she's doing it, but there will ALWAYS be a reason. At any rate, if it is phobia related, then some cognitive and behavioral techniques should clear that right up.

disclaimer: I have a degree in psychology, plus I work as a nurse with many patients with psych issues, so ...

I'm sorry, I have been very clear. You can give medical advice without being a doctor or nurse so long as you do not try to pass yourself as a doctor.

Okay, he's got us there. It's like how you can peddle BS vitamins and stuff as long as the disclaimer notes you aren't medical professionals. To me, that should be a red flag, but that's the crazy world of legalese we have to work with.

Define professional.

Certified under an accepted certifying board. It's like when people graduate from unaccredited colleges or universities: hooray for you but it doesn't count.

All those mods on this forum are amateurs because they don't make money doing it. Am I correct? Or do they make money doing it?

What does getting paid have to do with it? Mods are "certified" by the admins who grant them their powers. "Modding" without permission to do so will get you into trouble in most forums, no?

 

[Ouroboros]

What is wrong with those people who get tattoos?

Nothing.

Are they afraid of something, and so in order to feel confident they tattoo them selves?

No.

 

[SkepticThinker]

Oh well, sometimes stupid people do stupid things and end up dead. Not my problem.

And maybe people who aren't qualified to do so, shouldn't give out psychiatric or medical advice.

 

[sovietchild]

And maybe people who aren't qualified to do so, shouldn't give out psychiatric or medical advice.

Here we go again with this.

You should stop smoking/drinking because it increases your anxiety level. Am I giving you a psychiatric advice?

 

[SkepticThinker]

Here we go again with this.

You should stop smoking/drinking because it increases your anxiety level. Am I giving you a psychiatric advice?

Maybe go and read the back and forth between me and the poster I was speaking to, to find your answer.

 

[Sonofason]

So what? Even God asked Adam and Eve who on earth told them they were naked. The implication is that it isn't. So why wear clothes? Wearing tattoos is legal, though frowned upon in certain professional settings, yet you would deny them while also denying something God didn't seem to have a problem with in the first place.

It wasn't against the Law when Adam and Eve pranced around the neighborhood naked. But in my world it's illegal. But then if it were not illegal, and I were to start going out naked in public places, imagine other people might do the same, and God knows there are just some people who should never ever be seen naked. And if you were to ask me why, I will certainly refuse to tell you.

Surely there's a reason, though. Just as you have a reason for keeping them closed, she has a reason for keeping them open. My first instinct would be that something like a bug or mouse or something jumped out at her in the past and it terrified her so she wants to be proactive. She may not even remember why she's doing it, but there will ALWAYS be a reason. At any rate, if it is phobia related, then some cognitive and behavioral techniques should clear that right up.

I'm not all that worried about it. And you did not include and answer my question about this in your response. How do you think I would feel if she were to start closing the cabinet doors?

 

[Sonofason]

And maybe people who aren't qualified to do so, shouldn't give out psychiatric or medical advice.

You're taking this too far. This is a stupid distraction from the OP, and we should drop it. You know that you give medical advice, just as I do. I do not give the sort of medical advice that a doctor would. A doctor has more knowledge. But that doesn't mean that I know nothing. So I will say what I know if I choose to say anything at all. And you, nor anyone else will ever do a damned thing about it.

 

[SkepticThinker]

You're taking this too far. This is a stupid distraction from the OP, and we should drop it. You know that you give medical advice, just as I do. I do not give the sort of medical advice that a doctor would. A doctor has more knowledge. But that doesn't mean that I know nothing. So I will say what I know if I choose to say anything at all. And you, nor anyone else will ever do a damned thing about it.

Yep, I think we're done. I've made my point.

Please don't bother trying to speak for me. If I see someone giving out psychiatric advice that they're not qualified to make, I'm allowed to point it out and I will. Thanks. Especially when they're trying to make shoddy psychiatric assessments about people who have tattoos.

 

[sovietchild]

What does getting paid have to do with it? Mods are "certified" by the admins who grant them their powers. "Modding" without permission to do so will get you into trouble in most forums, no?

I thought that professionals get payed for what they do, and amateurs don't.

We all are amateurs on this forum. Don't you think so? No one gets paid to post here. If I do however get paid to post here then I am a professional.

 

[Kelly of the Phoenix]

I would agree but I think it's far too vague. Lots of incompetent people get paid and should NEVER be confused with solidly trained individuals who are experts in their fields.

 

[columbus]

God knows there are just some people who should never ever be seen naked. And if you were to ask me why, I will certainly refuse to tell you.

And there's where the problem comes in. You are claiming to speak for God, while saying things that God clearly doesn't say. God makes naked people every day. It's humans who get all wrought up about clothes, and believe that some of the bodies God makes are to ugly to be seen.
But you can't say why.
You are disagreeing with God, supporting human laws, and you can't say why.
Tom

 

[Sonofason]

You're right, there's no good reason for me to have exposed this weakness that I have. I admit, some people are just ugly people to me, and that's not right to feel that way. Sorry about that.

I never disagree with God. I may do things and say things contrary to what God has said, but I do not disagree with anything he has said. He's been right 100% of the time. It is I who am sometimes wrong.

 

[pandagurl71]

I am shocked that you 'really?' do not understand the DEEP meaning that certain tattoos have for people of all race and religions/non-theists as well.

 

[sovietchild]

I am shocked that you 'really?' do not understand the DEEP meaning that certain tattoos have for people of all race and religions/non-theists as well.

What is the DEEP meaning?

Happiness and confidence. Is it not?

 

[pandagurl71]

What is the DEEP meaning?

Happiness and confidence. Is it not?

Sovietchild, many people, including myself, get tattoos for deep spiritual reasons. They also have them done for loved ones; for commemorative reasons. I would say those two things are very DEEP to individuals. This is not to say that a great deal of people get tattoos that have zero substance.

 

[sovietchild]

Sovietchild, many people, including myself, get tattoos for deep spiritual reasons. They also have them done for loved ones; for commemorative reasons. I would say those two things are very DEEP to individuals. This is not to say that a great deal of people get tattoos that have zero substance.

Okay. So, "for deep spiritual reasons" What does that actually mean? Confidence? Am I right? Or is it happiness? It has two be one of those 2.