When you wear something like a bracelet, why does your wrist feel like its still there even when you take it off?

Question

I’ve been wearing this bracelet on my left arm for 2 days straight, and decided to take it off, but it still feels like it’s on there; Why does this happen?

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Think about how you feel a phone vibrating when it isn’t. Its a similar sensation. While what I mentioned was recently in the news due to it being semi-officially classified as a hallucination, ultimately your brain is expecting a sensation and creates it.