A little less force please
I have a bad habit of squeezing pimples on my face. I try extremely hard to resist the temptation but as the name and nature of the word (habit) suggests, it is hard to stop doing it. I just can’t seem to help myself. There have been times when I squeeze and scrape them so much that I end up with little scabs on my face. About two months ago, I saw a pimple appear. I watched it for three days resisting the urge to just pop it. I watched it getting riper and riper (if that is the appropriate description) but basically, I watched it till the head turned yellow. When I touched it, it was rather tender and so, so easy to squeeze it. After the third day I gave in……I squeezed it. What is wrong with you, Sherine? More recently, I saw another one appear right in the centre of my forehead. I decided to try again. I kept playing over and over in my head I won’t squeeze it; I won’t squeeze it. Anyways, I was standing in the bathroom one night looking at this temptation so glaringly in the...