Forum Discussion - Afraid She Might Chicken Out

angelicdarkness writes:"I've got a pretty high pain threshhold but it's the contemplative fear that gets to me - I get so anxious and freaked out. I know I'll be especially bad, coz this is gonna be my first tattoo!! And I really dont wanna chicken out...so any ideas for what i could do to calm me down or anything before hand? I know people that have done it when they're so drunk they can't remember a thing, but I think that's a shame, coz the ritual of it is half the attraction. And would a good tattooist even tattoo you if you were completely smashed?"