Phantom Itch

Do you ever feel itchy because you are thinking about itching, or bugs crawling on you or something else like that?

I do. I have noticed that if I have an itch, and I scratch it, all of a sudden, I am now itchy somewhere else, and somewhere else. I have to make a conscious decision to stop scratching and distract myself and move on.

Now scientists are trying to explain this. The following article has a few possible explanations for phantom itching. I think I side with Giesler.

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/09/01/7561543-spiders-ants-did-that-make-you-itchy-heres-why

"the threshold for sensation of itch is lowered by thinking about it."

Amen Glen.

Now, I'm feeling itchy.