Since it was posted last week, Bekah's photograph has received 277,000 shares and 30,000 comments.įollow NEWS. 'Mental illness is not a choice and will likely hit everyone at some point in their life.' She wrote: 'Mental illness is serious, but so shamed in our society. We care so much for our physical health, but hardly a thing about our mental state and that is seriously messed up. She also explained how she wanted the tattoo to be a 'conversation starter' with people about depression. 'It reminds me that people who may appear happy, may be at battle with themselves. 'To me, it means that others see this person that seems okay, but, in reality, is not okay at all. 'When everyone else sees it, they see “I’m fine,” but from my viewpoint, it reads “save me.” I feel that my leg was the best place for the meaning behind it. To me, it means that others see this person that seems okay, but, in reality, is not okay at all. When everyone else sees it, they see I’m fine, but from my viewpoint, it reads save me. 'And in all honesty, I believe it was a problem for quite a while before that, but I think it just got worse to the point of hardly functioning. I feel that my leg was the best place for the meaning behind it. Last year, I was diagnosed with depression. 'I am ready to have a conversation about my mental illness. The clever tattoo has gone viral since Bekah, 21, posted it on Facebook and has received more than 300,000 likes.īekah posted the image along with a status pleading with her mother and father not to 'kill her' over this choice.īekah wrote on Facebook: 'Today, I am coming out with something that only few of you know. A woman with depression has tried to illustrate how it feels to suffer with the illness by having an optical illusion tattoo.īekah Miles, who lives in Oregon, US, had the inking which from the front appears to say 'I'm fine' but when viewed from above reads 'Save me.'

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