The “skin crawling” sensation you describe is probably the pilomotor reflex, which can be triggered by various of excited mental states, including fear, aggressivity or sexual arousal.
In mammals with a complete fur, this reflex causes the animal to appear bigger and more intimidating. You probably observed it in cats and dogs when they fight or do a threat display.
Also caused by Autonomous sensory meridian response which is ironically linked to non-threatening behaviour and altruistic, caring attention. (It can also be linked to deep emotional arousal, such as when listening to engaging music.) Identifying this reflex with “unwanted sexual arousal” is simplistic to the point of being just wrong.
Didn’t see this reply as it wasn’t directly to one of my posts, but I would like to reassure anyone reading that I can tell the difference between “skin crawling” and “scalp tingling”, and no they are not the same thing at all.
The “skin crawling” sensation you describe is probably the pilomotor reflex, which can be triggered by various of excited mental states, including fear, aggressivity or sexual arousal.
In mammals with a complete fur, this reflex causes the animal to appear bigger and more intimidating. You probably observed it in cats and dogs when they fight or do a threat display.
Also caused by Autonomous sensory meridian response which is ironically linked to non-threatening behaviour and altruistic, caring attention. (It can also be linked to deep emotional arousal, such as when listening to engaging music.) Identifying this reflex with “unwanted sexual arousal” is simplistic to the point of being just wrong.
Didn’t see this reply as it wasn’t directly to one of my posts, but I would like to reassure anyone reading that I can tell the difference between “skin crawling” and “scalp tingling”, and no they are not the same thing at all.