Formication Experience Survey 🕷️đź§
Share your skin sensation experiences anonymously to help research and understanding.
These statements and survey results represent the lived experience of participants. They do not replace clinical research, but they provide critical insight into the nature of symptoms that medicine has historically misunderstood.
How would you describe your sensation?
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Crawling / moving
Itching / biting
Stinging / prickling
Other
Do you experience this sensation as something happening ON or UNDER your skin, or as something only in your mind/imagination?
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Definitely on/under my skin — physical feeling
Mostly physical, sometimes distressing
Unsure
Mostly in my mind
Does it feel like a normal “tickle” or itch, or different?
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Completely different from a tickle
Somewhat different
Similar to a tickle
Have you ever been told by a doctor or professional that this sensation is “imagined”, “delusional”, or “caused only by drugs/mental health”?
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Yes
No
Did you feel this explanation matched what you actually feel?
Yes
No — it did not make sense
When you feel this, do you believe there is a physical cause in or on your skin?
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Yes — I am certain
Yes — I think so
No
Unsure
Any short comment you would like to add about your experience?
Lived Experience Statement
Your lived experience statement (optional)
These statements and survey results represent the lived experience of participants. They do not replace clinical research, but they provide critical insight into the nature of symptoms that medicine has historically misunderstood.
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