Occasionally, I get asked the same question, "How does getting tattooed feel like?"

At the back of my head I think to myself, "It's like cutting yourself.. But you'll have something beautiful afterwards.. You'll earn bragging rights.."

Of course, I don't say that and proceed to imitate the sounds of screeching noises or pretend to claw at something and pretend to be annoyed by it.

I don't know if it's because women have a higher tolerance for pain as compared to men because we're built to give birth bla bla bla, or if it's because of my own extremely high tolerance for pain - fractured ankles, torn ligaments, piercings here and there bla bla bla.

But one thing's for sure though, nothing beats physical pain the way psychological pain does.