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First Speaker

(4,858 posts) Thu Mar 5, 2020, 11:55 AM Mar 2020

The more I try not to touch my face, the more I actually touch it...

...it's driving me bonkers. It's like trying *not* to think about an elephant. I consciously try not to touch my damned face, and it starts to itch uncontrollably. So I'm trying to use my sleeve when I can, and that's probably worse. The way we live now...

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The more I try *not* to touch my face, the more I actually touch it... (Original Post) First Speaker Mar 2020 OP

Funny I'm experiencing that too underpants Mar 2020 #1

I'm a nurse. I swear to God that the moment I put on sterile gloves, my nose itches. nt eilen Mar 2020 #2

haha! former emt here, very familiar with this! unblock Mar 2020 #3

In my lab-work days... GopherGal Mar 2020 #12

How do you floss your teeth roody Mar 2020 #4

Well, in my case, I just throw my dentures into their receptacle... First Speaker Mar 2020 #5

And here I thought I was the only one! moriah Mar 2020 #6

I'm struggling to avoid some boogers that need pickin'. LuckyCharms Mar 2020 #7

Don't you have a pair of needle-nose vise-grips? sl8 Mar 2020 #8

I do, but I can't stick them up my nose. LuckyCharms Mar 2020 #10

Yes, that's the gross part, alright. sl8 Mar 2020 #11

My trigger seems to be reading posts about not touching your face. n/t sl8 Mar 2020 #9

underpants

(182,800 posts)

1. Funny I'm experiencing that too

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2020, 11:58 AM

Mar 2020

I had no idea how much I touch my face. Sitting at my desk reading emails etc. I find my face resting on my hand.

eilen

(4,950 posts)

2. I'm a nurse. I swear to God that the moment I put on sterile gloves, my nose itches. nt

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2020, 11:59 AM

Mar 2020

unblock

(52,220 posts)

3. haha! former emt here, very familiar with this!

Reply to eilen (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 5, 2020, 12:05 PM

Mar 2020

GopherGal

(2,008 posts)

12. In my lab-work days...

Reply to eilen (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 5, 2020, 01:11 PM

Mar 2020

I learned to push up my glasses with a shoulder/dab

roody

(10,849 posts)

4. How do you floss your teeth

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2020, 12:07 PM

Mar 2020

without touching your face?

First Speaker

(4,858 posts)

5. Well, in my case, I just throw my dentures into their receptacle...

Reply to roody (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 5, 2020, 12:08 PM

Mar 2020

...and get a good night's sleep. What's "flossing"...?

moriah

(8,311 posts)

6. And here I thought I was the only one!

Reply to First Speaker (Original post)

Thu Mar 5, 2020, 12:11 PM

Mar 2020

My sister is sick, with "flu-like symptoms" but not the flu, posted yesterday evening.

We saw each other Tuesday when my mother had surgery, her husband looked like he felt like deep-fried poop but I assumed it was just the hour.

And I hugged BOTH of them!

At least I've been doing a handwashing routine I made to the introduction of Bohemian Rhapsody (I couldn't stand the version nurses put out with Taylor Swift, no offense to her or them).