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Annie Lowry

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162 total appearances

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Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

I'd also thought a lot about how like you know, if you had a chronic itching support group, everybody would come into it and then just start scratching themselves and then make everybody else itchier by being in the simple presence of people who were itchy. So I don't know. But it's something that, you know, people suffer through alone. It's kind of embarrassing.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

I'd also thought a lot about how like you know, if you had a chronic itching support group, everybody would come into it and then just start scratching themselves and then make everybody else itchier by being in the simple presence of people who were itchy. So I don't know. But it's something that, you know, people suffer through alone. It's kind of embarrassing.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

I'd also thought a lot about how like you know, if you had a chronic itching support group, everybody would come into it and then just start scratching themselves and then make everybody else itchier by being in the simple presence of people who were itchy. So I don't know. But it's something that, you know, people suffer through alone. It's kind of embarrassing.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

And it's been so nice since the piece came out to get, I got a lot of emails from people suggesting lotion. And I was like, okay, thank you. Thank you for that. But then I got a lot of emails from people who were like, people don't believe me, but I've been itchy and they don't know what it is and I feel so alone. Or I have this cancer and it makes me itchy and it drives me completely nuts.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

And it's been so nice since the piece came out to get, I got a lot of emails from people suggesting lotion. And I was like, okay, thank you. Thank you for that. But then I got a lot of emails from people who were like, people don't believe me, but I've been itchy and they don't know what it is and I feel so alone. Or I have this cancer and it makes me itchy and it drives me completely nuts.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

And it's been so nice since the piece came out to get, I got a lot of emails from people suggesting lotion. And I was like, okay, thank you. Thank you for that. But then I got a lot of emails from people who were like, people don't believe me, but I've been itchy and they don't know what it is and I feel so alone. Or I have this cancer and it makes me itchy and it drives me completely nuts.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

And so it was really nice to get responses from people who didn't want to be alone and do have some trouble conveying to folks just how hard it can be. And this is not to, you know, there's no misery Olympics here. I'm not saying like pain is awful. Itching is awful. It's just that sometimes I think itch is not respected.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

And so it was really nice to get responses from people who didn't want to be alone and do have some trouble conveying to folks just how hard it can be. And this is not to, you know, there's no misery Olympics here. I'm not saying like pain is awful. Itching is awful. It's just that sometimes I think itch is not respected.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

And so it was really nice to get responses from people who didn't want to be alone and do have some trouble conveying to folks just how hard it can be. And this is not to, you know, there's no misery Olympics here. I'm not saying like pain is awful. Itching is awful. It's just that sometimes I think itch is not respected.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

It says, yes, I have tried lotions. So people, when you say that you're itchy, I think they kindly assume it's a dermatologic thing. And they're like, oh, yeah, I was itchy, too. And I tried this lotion and you should try this lotion. And I try not to get short with those people because they are trying to be helpful.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

It says, yes, I have tried lotions. So people, when you say that you're itchy, I think they kindly assume it's a dermatologic thing. And they're like, oh, yeah, I was itchy, too. And I tried this lotion and you should try this lotion. And I try not to get short with those people because they are trying to be helpful.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

It says, yes, I have tried lotions. So people, when you say that you're itchy, I think they kindly assume it's a dermatologic thing. And they're like, oh, yeah, I was itchy, too. And I tried this lotion and you should try this lotion. And I try not to get short with those people because they are trying to be helpful.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

But I'm like, I'm not saying I've tried everything, but I've tried a lot of things. Like I'm an expert in my own itch at this point. And if Userin fixed it, I can assure you that I wouldn't be experiencing it. But people are trying to be nice. And so I try to be nice back. I don't know that I succeed at that all the time.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

But I'm like, I'm not saying I've tried everything, but I've tried a lot of things. Like I'm an expert in my own itch at this point. And if Userin fixed it, I can assure you that I wouldn't be experiencing it. But people are trying to be nice. And so I try to be nice back. I don't know that I succeed at that all the time.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

But I'm like, I'm not saying I've tried everything, but I've tried a lot of things. Like I'm an expert in my own itch at this point. And if Userin fixed it, I can assure you that I wouldn't be experiencing it. But people are trying to be nice. And so I try to be nice back. I don't know that I succeed at that all the time.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

Yeah, I try not to talk to people when that happens. I guess in some ways it's nice that usually when I'm really itchy, it's at night, like in the middle of the night. Because, you know, during the daytime, it would be pretty unusual for me to be severely itchy now. That was not true when I was pregnant so much. But now it's like the sun starts to go down.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

Yeah, I try not to talk to people when that happens. I guess in some ways it's nice that usually when I'm really itchy, it's at night, like in the middle of the night. Because, you know, during the daytime, it would be pretty unusual for me to be severely itchy now. That was not true when I was pregnant so much. But now it's like the sun starts to go down.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

Yeah, I try not to talk to people when that happens. I guess in some ways it's nice that usually when I'm really itchy, it's at night, like in the middle of the night. Because, you know, during the daytime, it would be pretty unusual for me to be severely itchy now. That was not true when I was pregnant so much. But now it's like the sun starts to go down.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

I'm leaving the office so I can go hide in my house if I'm itchy. You know, so for the past week that I've been itchy, it's mostly it's been at night. And I just excuse myself because it's just like sometimes I'll subtly try to scratch my head or scratch my feet or something. But it's noticeable. People kind of pick up on it. It's like not a cool thing to do socially.

Fresh Air
Best Of: Why Do We Itch? / Writer Richard Price

I'm leaving the office so I can go hide in my house if I'm itchy. You know, so for the past week that I've been itchy, it's mostly it's been at night. And I just excuse myself because it's just like sometimes I'll subtly try to scratch my head or scratch my feet or something. But it's noticeable. People kind of pick up on it. It's like not a cool thing to do socially.