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Every now and then I'll draw all up my legs and over my stomach with a biro. It just feels good. A little bit destructive, but calming and confident. My housemate just said that it was really weird, but I only do it about three times a year or so, and I've recently realised she's quite judgemental. So, is it normal?
I've felt the same way. I'd say it's normal as long as you aren't harming yourself or using a sharp razor.
Sometimes I do it. I doodle a lot so it's an extension of that habit. I used to do it when I was trying not to self-harm during adolescence - oddly therapeutic seeing the lines there.
I like the feeling of tattoos... It's a scratchy burning feeling but It feels so good at the same time. I can understand how you would like that feeling though it is not "normal"
Don't see the harm as long as it's biro and not a more inky pen that would sink into the skin. And it's good that you've realised your housemate is a bit judgemental - be careful of those people! lol They can make you feel like you've done something weird or even wrong when you haven't - it's just them being 'in their box'.
I do it on my arms, yeah. I like how it feels and it always washes off in the shower so I'm not that bothered.
I used to do it just on my arms, too, mainly in high school. I'd use a permanent marker, though. I did designs of vines and flowers all up my forearms. Now, I sometimes draw other things. A cartoon drawing of me naked with the holter monitor on is still fading on my right biceps.
I don't know what a "biro" is, it sounds like a loaf of artisan bread.
I write on my hand and forearm all the time, but it's always notes to myself if I can't find a piece of paper or I don't want to write it on paper. Sometimes it is a tickley feeling, I can understand why you'd like it. Got to be careful about the chemicals in the ink though, especially in permanent felt markers (yikes).
Ha! I didn't know you didn't have biros in Canuckville. It's just a ball point pen (Biro is the man who invented them). Similar to vacuum cleaner and Hoover. Hmm, now I don't know if you say Hoover in Canada.
Ah, thanks for the clarification, but I still can't get the image of a loaf of bread out of my head.
We have Bics (ink ballpoint pens), although I'm not sure it's a popular name any more and it can also refer to men's disposable razors.
Hoover is a vacuum cleaner here too, but we don't normally refer to all vacuums as Hoovers, it's just a vacuum. Typically, we use Hoover as a replacement word for sucked, as in "you really Hoovered your food tonight, you must have been hungry." That was the PG version of the example, mostly it's used in the R-rated way.