My weird hyperfixation with acne (warning: REALLY gross)
I’m obsessed with pimple extraction. After decades of performing it myself, I consider myself a back-alley dermatologist of the household. I’m grateful that I don’t get much acne myself, but my husband gets a ton of sebaceous filaments/clogged pores and I am exhilarated whenever he lets me go at them. Like I will be shaking with joy, barely can contain it.
Extracting a really good one that’s been “brewing” for weeks gives me an absurd amount of dopamine rush. I can literally sit there admiring the aftermath (the hole, the abyss). Meanwhile he’s annoyed and telling me to leave his face alone.
The pore remains so perfectly empty, so clean.. and the sensory stimulation when you roll the plug.. so satisfying! I presume this is what cleaning feels like for most people who enjoy the act.
Do you think this is ADHD related or am I just weird?