For me, getting a tattoo helped me 'deal' with my RSD. I have one on my lower back which is an orange butterfly, and then 2 others, one for my nanan who died and the other for my granddad. no one else knows what the tattoo means as it isn't 'in your face' that its about RSD, but I know that the orange butterfly symbolises the pain from RSD (burning).

I have another tattoo on my hip which is also about RSD, but also life in general. its a feather with a quote saying 'Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow'. Its a quote I try to live by.

Obviously, everyone is different. I spoke to my Pain Management Doctor about his thoughts on a tattoo before I got one and I would NEVER have one on an RSD limb due to the issues I've had with needles in the past. I did figure at the time though that I was only 18 years old, I'm stuck with this damn illness forever, I can't let it take over my life anymore then it has done.