Suffering (continued)

Update on OPERATION HUGLESS

March 10
Day Three: So, I kind of don't know what do to when a person insists on hugging me even after I tell them the situation. I feel like a jerk not hugging them back and acting like a wooden board, but I do anyway for the sake of the cause... Whatever the cause is. I feel like I should have done something that I could actually gain from. Like only eating from one food group. Ugh! Now I think about it. Well perhaps that can be the next one.

March 11
Day Four: When this is over, I'll owe a lot of people multiple hugs withheld from each day. This honestly has been more difficult than going without sugar or food. And being teased with open, outstretched arms does not help. I've never wanted to give up on something so badly. And it's only been four days.

March 12
Day Five: I'm losing it. I really should just make it easier and cut myself off from people all together. I hung out with friends and almost gave in to the hugging instinct four times. Maybe this would be better if I took on a different mindset, gave myself a purpose. It takes too much energy to explain that it's for an article and people give me a confused look. It should be simple, but it's not. Maybe I should just tell people I'm ill and it's contagious. Or perhaps I can say I'm studying the effect little or no touch has on a person.