I am currently healing from a bruise I got recently.
When wounds heal, they itch, and every itch calls for a scratch. But scratching a healing wound reopens it, delaying healing.
The purpose of the itch is to turn the pain of the wound into a tickle; when you feel the itch, smile and carry on.
One day, you might not even remember you once felt sore there.
You can draw parallels to the wounds of the heart: as they heal, there is an itch to connect again, but if you connect, you reopen the wound.
Treat the itch like a tickle; smile and carry on.
– Osasu Oviawe