20220213 : 2 types of itch
When I got movements in my left hand - for a long time, I could only move the fingers and forearm. I had very little movements or strength in the shoulder to be able to lift the elbow from the bed - no matter how much I tried. This was very frustrating as i was still getting through the experience of itches and being unable to scratch and having to ignore it. However, once in a while, I would lift my hand and scratch my face. I would try this again but nada. Wouldn't happen. I would be hoping very much that nobody sees it. Whenever someone caught me doing it, the understandable conclusion was I am able to lift the hand and I was probably pretending other times to be unable to. It was a very logical conclusion - scratching somewhere is a voluntary thing. It used to upset me very much not to be able to communicate and convince anyone I could not do it voluntarily again. So it continued for sometime. Later it went away - not the itch and scratches, but the convincing others bit, as I