Chafing

Your skin is burning. Not because you have injured yourself — but because two surfaces of your own body are rubbing against each other until the tissue gives way. Chafing occurs where skin meets skin, where fabric presses against skin, where movement and friction become too much. Medicine sees moisture, heat, mechanical stress. It recommends creams, different clothing, less friction.

But what if your body is telling you something else? What if this irritated, chafed skin is not merely a mechanical problem — but a mirror?

Chafing is the signal of a person who is chronically rubbing up against themselves.