Location: My Psyche
Cause: Trying to be cool by downing more twisted apple vodka than my friends thinking I could handle it using Sunny-D as a chaser
Diagnosis: Alcohol Poisoning later followed by a mad hangover and a 3 month grounding sentence.
Treatment: Sleep and water
Follow-up: I am not able to think about Twisted apple vodka, or sunny-D for that matter, without getting the urge to vomit.
Location: My lips
Cause: Hormones.
Diagnosis: My First kiss
Treatment: Convincing myself it happened by kissing him again (it wasn’t as good)
Follow-up: Still makes me dizzy thinking about it.
Location: The tips of my hair.
Cause: Years of color torture and neglect.
Diagnosis: Split ends
Treatment: An occasional haircut and a cutback on dyes.
Follow-up: Healthier, but needs further healing time from all the abuse.
Location: My right ear cartilage
Cause: A childish desire to be more “hardcore”
Diagnosis: Cartilage ear infection
Treatment: Cleaning with alcohol, and sleeping on my left side for 8 months.
Follow-up: A healthy semi-permanent ear piercing
Location: My right bicep at the arm crease.
Cause: Being Alive.
Diagnosis: Birthmark.
Treatment: Pretending its not there and hope over time it will fade.
Follow-up: Not as obvious, but instead of being ashamed, am rather fond of my butterfly shaped friend that I am now quite accustomed to.
Cause: My pathetic attempt at tattooing myself.
Diagnosis: Ink filled scratch
Treatment: Scrub out remaining ink, and hope to god it goes away.
Follow-up: A faded circular scar.
Location: My thighs and Confidence.
Cause: Ignorance and lack of exercise.
Diagnosis: Cellulite and a Lowered Self Confidence (Mild Depression)
Treatment: New Eating habits and Exercise
Follow-up: Looking better and Feeling better (mentally and physically)
Location: My whole body
Cause: My obsession with running around outside nude as an infant.
Diagnosis: Sunburn red and peely skin
Treatment: Tons of aloe vera and wearing clothes on every outlandish escapade ever since.
Follow-up: Hundreds of freckles intruding upon my fleshy self.
3 comments:
Ashley, I really liked your body map. Especially the first kiss part, who was it with? ;]
You did perfectly fine with it babyyyy~
Jamie Mills.
Lol.
Ashley,
Your map is deliciously honest. I love how you combine self-created "scars" with things you were born with. It speaks to both a common desire and a common necessity, I think--to play with altering ourselves but to somehow accept ourselves as we are as well. Lifelong work, I'm guessing. Your map provides a nice road map for this!
-Kimi
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