I found it really hard to find info on this on Google, so I conclude that no it's not 'normal'. I have it though, but perhaps not to a very strong degree because when I was about 12 I got fed up with it and forced myself to ignore it. Doing that it got better. For me it manifested itself in having an irresistible urge to wipe things with my hand, just as you might wipe your arm if something brushed against it, for instance if I put a pen on a table I'd want to wipe the pen, or after typing I'd wipe the keyboard (not wipe with a cloth, I mean brush with my hand).
I still have the urge, but less so, so mostly I can ignore it.
But now I see that my son also has it - I'd never mentioned it to him so he didn't learn it from me, he developed it himself.
Is is normal to feel inanimate objects itch?
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I found it really hard to find info on this on Google, so I conclude that no it's not 'normal'. I have it though, but perhaps not to a very strong degree because when I was about 12 I got fed up with it and forced myself to ignore it. Doing that it got better. For me it manifested itself in having an irresistible urge to wipe things with my hand, just as you might wipe your arm if something brushed against it, for instance if I put a pen on a table I'd want to wipe the pen, or after typing I'd wipe the keyboard (not wipe with a cloth, I mean brush with my hand).
I still have the urge, but less so, so mostly I can ignore it.
But now I see that my son also has it - I'd never mentioned it to him so he didn't learn it from me, he developed it himself.