Why can thinking of or seeing bugs make you physically feel prickles or a crawling sensation on your skin?

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Title. Is this just a symptom of anxiety or overactive imagination? What’s actually causing those sensations and is there a purpose to them?

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You are always itchy. But your brain filters it out, similar to how you don’t see your own nose unless you try to. It’s always there but your brain filters it out. When you see bugs it triggers your brain to stop filtering the itching you always feel anyway so that you become aware of it.

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