Annie Lowry

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.

I think it leads to a sense of disquiet in the person that you're talking to. And then they end up scratching themselves. You've just you've allowed your itch to become contagious. Yeah.

I think it leads to a sense of disquiet in the person that you're talking to. And then they end up scratching themselves. You've just you've allowed your itch to become contagious. Yeah.

I think it leads to a sense of disquiet in the person that you're talking to. And then they end up scratching themselves. You've just you've allowed your itch to become contagious. Yeah.

I often sort of tell it to shut up. I'm often like, I know, I know I'm itchy. You can stop it. I know. I don't need to itch. I don't need to be scratching. I don't know why it's happening, but it could stop and we'd be fine. There's no point to my itching. It's not helping me get something off of my skin. It's just interrupting. Yeah. Thank you so much.

I often sort of tell it to shut up. I'm often like, I know, I know I'm itchy. You can stop it. I know. I don't need to itch. I don't need to be scratching. I don't know why it's happening, but it could stop and we'd be fine. There's no point to my itching. It's not helping me get something off of my skin. It's just interrupting. Yeah. Thank you so much.

I often sort of tell it to shut up. I'm often like, I know, I know I'm itchy. You can stop it. I know. I don't need to itch. I don't need to be scratching. I don't know why it's happening, but it could stop and we'd be fine. There's no point to my itching. It's not helping me get something off of my skin. It's just interrupting. Yeah. Thank you so much.

So many people come to better terms with that. And I always want to be careful to note, like, it's, you know, I don't think that illness is any kind of gift. And I don't think that there needs to be upsides to bad things happening to people at all. But I do appreciate the insight that I've had into myself, even if I wish that I never had occasion to have it.

So many people come to better terms with that. And I always want to be careful to note, like, it's, you know, I don't think that illness is any kind of gift. And I don't think that there needs to be upsides to bad things happening to people at all. But I do appreciate the insight that I've had into myself, even if I wish that I never had occasion to have it.

So many people come to better terms with that. And I always want to be careful to note, like, it's, you know, I don't think that illness is any kind of gift. And I don't think that there needs to be upsides to bad things happening to people at all. But I do appreciate the insight that I've had into myself, even if I wish that I never had occasion to have it.

Just like you can endure a lot. Your body is going to fail you. You know, it can feel completely crazy making and obsessive and miserable and you can survive it. You can just keep on breathing through it. You can do really amazing, wonderful things. And again, that's not to say I think that it's worth it or that I'm taking the right lesson away from it.

Just like you can endure a lot. Your body is going to fail you. You know, it can feel completely crazy making and obsessive and miserable and you can survive it. You can just keep on breathing through it. You can do really amazing, wonderful things. And again, that's not to say I think that it's worth it or that I'm taking the right lesson away from it.

Just like you can endure a lot. Your body is going to fail you. You know, it can feel completely crazy making and obsessive and miserable and you can survive it. You can just keep on breathing through it. You can do really amazing, wonderful things. And again, that's not to say I think that it's worth it or that I'm taking the right lesson away from it.

I really often just try to be like, not everything needs to be a lesson. You don't need to respond to things that are unfair and difficult in this fashion. But writing the piece led me to a much greater place of acceptance, and I really appreciated that.

I really often just try to be like, not everything needs to be a lesson. You don't need to respond to things that are unfair and difficult in this fashion. But writing the piece led me to a much greater place of acceptance, and I really appreciated that.

I really often just try to be like, not everything needs to be a lesson. You don't need to respond to things that are unfair and difficult in this fashion. But writing the piece led me to a much greater place of acceptance, and I really appreciated that.

I'm so sorry. Especially the people who are always itchy. I'm really sorry. I hope you turned this off the second you heard it. You're like, nope, not me, not today.

I'm so sorry. Especially the people who are always itchy. I'm really sorry. I hope you turned this off the second you heard it. You're like, nope, not me, not today.

I'm so sorry. Especially the people who are always itchy. I'm really sorry. I hope you turned this off the second you heard it. You're like, nope, not me, not today.

I hope so. I hope so. And it is all of us. All of us. It's yeah, it's not as common as chronic pain, but chronic itch is really common and everybody is itchy at some point.