Why does scratching the right spot feel so heavenly? And why is it that over-scratching can turn suddenly excruciatingly painful?

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Why does scratching the right spot feel so heavenly? And why is it that over-scratching can turn suddenly excruciatingly painful?

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Itching is the skin’s way of getting you to scratch your skin. Maybe there’s something digging in there that itching will dislodge or something to that effect.

So, positive reinforcement for scratching via endorphins.

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