tactile hallutionations

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I had the same thing develop in my mid-teens. It started with the sensation that someone was rubbing my head or the back of my neck, in waves that felt a lot like fingers, then after time it expanded to include my shoulders and arms too. It freaked me out enough that a neurologist ordered a precautionary MRI, but the only problem it found was a small pineal cyst, which he told me is extremely common and rarely dangerous. He didn't have any explanation for the sensation but it didn't seem to be a problem in and of itself.

Luckily for me it's a gentle sensation that I don't notice much anymore. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between it and a real touch, but I've learned to stop panicking and look at the spot first. A small side effect of this is that I don't always react to touch as quickly as other people do. Within the last few years though I get stabbing pains on a small, random spot on my skin. It goes away on its own after a few seconds, so I'm not sure if it's related at all.

It doesn't bother me much, but if anyone knows of any conditions that could cause this I'd be interested in checking them out.

I feel something pull my clothes, then nothing is there, or I hear glass break in the next room and I go into the room and no glass has been broke and no one is there.

I have had many experiences with sober hallucinations. I've seen full bodied, ghost like figures (I don't believe in ghosts), I've heard voices and actions that weren't there, I've experienced tactile body hallucinations, sometimes with sounds as well. I think these things are common, more than people (NTs) are willing to admit, and that's why they seem so abnormal. If they are related to depression, like mine?, then they can and do go away once the depression subsides. PTSD is also another cause, I have (had) major depression and PTSD symptoms at the same time, rendering me totally out of commission and with daily hallucinogenic issues while completely clean and sober. Then there was the possible AS... so no friends to help me either, and really bizarre social efforts on my part.