When someone massages my neck or even just runs a finger across my skin it feels pleasant, but doing the same things to myself basically yields no sensation. I even remember going to the doctor as a child and enjoying the feeling of getting my ears checked with whatever the tool is they use for it, or the feeling when my grandma would comb through my hair to check for lice. Again doing it myself doesn’t feel nearly as good even though it’s the same physical movements. Why?
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What everyone else has said about your body predicting your own touch is well and good, but there’s also the fact that you probably don’t know how to massage (yourself or others) very well. I’m a former massage therapist and I can absolutely massage myself to good effect as I know what needs to be done where, but it is difficult for parts of my body I can’t properly reach or apply pressure to.
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