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Jade Wilkinson pictured at uni where she felt her life went off the rails. See SWNS story SWTPtattoo; A healthcare assistant said covering herself in dozens of tattoos "saved her life" after they stopped her self harming and helped her love the way she looks. Jade Wilkinson, 25, spiralled into a deep depression as a child after her parents divorced, and soon fell in with the wrong crowd. As a teenager she was drinking heavily and taking drugs, and started cutting her thighs and pushing pins under her nails in a bid to cope. But she said covering herself in tattoos helped boost her confidence and learn to love herself - and gave her a "buzz" she used to get from harming herself.