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Wearing a mask while driving, but now covid dont seem to matter too much.... Dam mask probably blinded him for a second then he crashed.

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Originally Posted by mikmac ↗

Yes, it may have been a misuse of the phrase, but likely a similar psychological cause.

Not sure if you saw it, but there was an episode of House, M.D. that dealt with a cranky dude with an arm blown off by a grenade or land mine, and House built a mirror box. He told the guy to stick both arms in the box and look at them, (he had both elbows, but lost everything below the elbow on one arm). Once they were in there, the mirror made it look like he had both arms again. He was told to watch both arms squeeze something like a tennis ball as hard as he could, then relax both arms. It relieved him of the phantom pain.

That is certainly a form of therapy for phantom limb pain. Quite amazing really.

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Originally Posted by mikmac ↗

I was shot in the chest once but didn’t know it, and was uneffected until about 2 or 3 minutes later when my fire buddy pointed it out. Then I shut down like a cartoon character. My body turned milky white from my toes up to the top of my head, then the shallow breathing started, then the tunnel vision, then I nearly passed out. I stayed semi-conscious until the medic arrived, and suddenly I snapped out of it and felt fine without meds. Nobody believed me. I thought I was certainly dead, but no, it was just shock. I never did feel a thing physically... until the stitches came out and I felt an itch that never went away for about 10 years. It may have been phantom pain though.

Not sure what sensation you experienced exactly but it's very normal to have intense itchiness where scars heal. Depending on the severity of the wound and depth of tissue scarring, that could explain the duration of itchiness.

I've got a history of self harm and with my deeper cuts, they can have itchy flare ups randomly for yeeears after the scar has healed. Rather annoying really lol.