Mental health tattoos serve as powerful symbols of strength and healing. Each design, from semicolons to butterflies , holds deep meaning to people affected by mental health illnesses.

Whether representing recovery or covering up self-harm scars, these tattoos all speak to our readers' mental health journeys. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

Sure, writers dismiss it. But the semicolon—the otherwise underwhelming punctuation mark—has had its share of fans like American physician and poet Lewis Thomas, who said the semicolon leaves ...