Is it normal to genuinely enjoy popping zits?
There's something relaxing and stilling about popping acne for me. It's some sort of a release, not literally speaking. However, I'm not the type that will stare at someone's blemish or tell them to go pop the zit because it's bothering me or ask for their permission to rid the acne for them. I just get this weird excitement when I pop a blackhead or a whitehead. But sometimes I feel like it's a little controlling, when I was younger I would sit in the bathroom sink and pick at anything that I could see on my shoulders, face or chest for more than a half hour. If I feel something on my back or on my face, I'll stop what I'm doing to go see what it looks like. I often question if I enjoy it so much because it's like a minor sense of control; I can choose when I would like to pick at it, if I would even want to and how much. And if I enjoy it because it's one of those interesting things that your body does.
It's not affecting my life negatively by any means, it's just something that I do.
Besides the obvious,
Yes, I know it's gross. Doesn't change anything.
Yes, I wash my hands after I do it. Common sense.
Yes, I know that picking at acne can cause scarring either way, can irritate the pore even more to create an infection and can sprout more blemish.
Thoughts?