Voluntarily Generated Piloerection
To my understanding, voluntarily generated piloerection (VGP), the ability to produce goosebumps at will with no particular external stimulation present, has been scarcely studied, and no true biological mechanisms have been presented as the possible explanation for why this is possible. I am posing this as an open ended question, feel free to contribute with any level of formality/knowledge whatsoever:
What do you think are the mechanisms behind VGP, and what are potential implications of its existence for the patient and/or for science?
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Hello @aaronandamy - I combined your discussion with another discussion titled, "Voluntarily Generated Piloerection" - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/voluntarily-generated-piloerection/.
@abrahamdgreat, @adrianrcastro and @yoldone also talked about having voluntary generated piloerection. And may be able to share some of what they have learned experienced.
Thank you so much!!😊
Absolutely not. 100% not because my man here Aaron has hardly any body hair whatsoever. He has like 6 hairs on his entire chest. And he is almost 46 years old. He only shaves two times a week for work purposes because he is a field technician that deals with H2 emissions and control of those emissions. He needs a whole 30 days before he has somewhat of a scruff. Lol
I can do it by crossing my eyes inward closed or open it stimulates the inside of my brain causing electrical shivers and goose bumps it feels realy pleasant to do but doing it over and over again makes it harder to activate taking a break makes me able to do it easy again