I’m two years late, but bloody hell, the rage. People should be respectful of your decisions and, equally importantly, of your pain. As an ordeal worker and a norse pagan: I know what you did, I felt the suffering of doing a similar thing, and let me tell you (or anyone who found this site by accident like I did) – if the people who demeaned you and what you did thought for ten bloody seconds about what it’s like to burn twenty four runes into one’s flesh because that was needed, they would simply shut up. It was never about any concern for you – it was simply them becoming uncomfortable with this level of dedication and whining about it… Take care. 🙂