However, young people in the identity-seeking phase of their lives who lack an appropriate outlet for their feelings of loneliness and emptiness sometimes go to extremes to release these feelings. Tattooing is one method they use. The physical pain of the tattooing process can also serve as an affirmation of their existence.
但也有部分青少年，正屆臨尋找自我認同的階段，其空寂的心靈無法經由正常管道宣洩，就選擇藉刺青這樣激烈的方式，來緩解心裡的壓力；刺青時的肉體痛苦，也成了另一種自我存在的確認方式。