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Quarantine Tattoo
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Quarantine Tattoo
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In August I got a tattoo that I did not want and did not like for seemingly no reason. Then in October I mentioned this to my psychiatrist and was promptly diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I had gotten my tattoo during a manic episode. The typical risk-taking behavior that I would do in my day to day life became more drastic and dramatic during COVID. When I am not manic I'm very careful with regard to the pandemic so the pandemic made my behavioral differences more pronounced and more obvious to a doctor. Due to the pandemic, I was able to receive a diagnosis and begin treatment. Had there not been a pandemic I likely would not have sought treatment as I would have continued to assume that these behaviors were just a normal part of my personality.
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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
02/07/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
02/07/2021
02/19/2021
03/03/2021
04/26/2022
Date Created (Dublin Core)
10/2020
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This item was submitted on February 7, 2021 by Jessica Carter using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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