 [ Symptoms ] after shower itchy skin leads to anxiety and panic usually fear of contact of sight of dirt and food crumbs and stains after a shower hot or cold my skin gets a itchyprickly feeling after drying off it gets worse for about 20 minutes to an hour while itchy i feel like i have anxiety when i feel or see anything dirty i just start panicking sometimes unwilling to move it happens more with food and crumbsdefinitely unrecognizable things and pieces of food that may have feel on the floor a while ago  i regularly avoid direct contact with old foodbits of food but i can easily just overlook them [ Disease ] you do realize that the experts on webmd have no way of seeing your skin lesions nor examining you essential components for any medical professional in making an accurate diagnosis because of the duration of your skin problem 4 5 years now it would be important for you to see a dermatologist    an expert and someone that can examine you first hand you do not want to trust a blind guess