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Old 08-21-2003, 11:59 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Why are we ticklish?

Do you ever wonder why your ticklish and some people aren't? What makes us ticklish? Are you ticklish? What's the oddest part of your body thats ticklish?

*Me, I am extremely ticklish on the back of my neck*

How about you?
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Old 08-21-2003, 12:03 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I am very ticklish. Not sure why though. Would love to know!
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Old 08-21-2003, 12:13 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I can be ticklish at times.

I love guys that are ticklish. It makes for a lot of fun
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Old 08-21-2003, 12:42 PM   #4 (permalink)
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i'm ticklish. sometimes more than others.

you can't really tickle yourself
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Old 08-21-2003, 12:49 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I am sooo ticklish!

If I go in for a massage, it's so hard for me not to crack up half the time!!! Foot massages are so yummy, but I find myself giggling during those too.

Not sure why we are ticklish.. has to do with a hypersensitivity reaction to touch in certain areas. I'm not sure why feet and sides of the trunk are so ticklish. ? Or why it causes us to laugh.
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Old 08-21-2003, 01:39 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Scientists have discovered that the feeling experienced when we are tickled causes us to panic and is a natural defense to little creepy crawlers like spiders and bugs. Slight tickles from insects can send a chill through your body letting you know something is crawling on you.

That same ticklish feeling sends us into a state of panic and elicits a response of uncontrollable laughter if a person tickles us. It's the moment that you least expect to be tickled and are that causes you to feel extremely uneasy and panicked, which leads to the most intense ticklish feeling. Even if you do know that you are about to be tickled, the fear and unease of someone touching and possibly hurting you causes you to laugh. Some people are so ticklish that they begin laughing even before they are touched.
Thats me to the T.
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Old 08-21-2003, 02:15 PM   #7 (permalink)
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lol, just came back from a tickle session. Seems odd that topic was right there at the top waiting for me
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Old 08-21-2003, 02:26 PM   #8 (permalink)
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well ariekitten is pretty ticklish... and its soo soooooo fun to tickle her...

but i think it makes her mad sometimes... im not that ticklish... so she cant really fight back...

i am a little ticklish... but thru tickle battles with my brother and sister ive taught myself to supress it and now only give it a bit of a smile... i wish i hadnt trained myself to supress it...
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Old 08-21-2003, 02:36 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Tickling's always fun with a partner, oh how I miss it...
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Old 08-21-2003, 02:38 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Because laughter is the best medicine!

I'm ticklish in the ribs.
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Old 08-21-2003, 02:47 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Im ticklish everywhere....I cant even have sumone work out a knot in my back with out squirming.
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Old 08-21-2003, 03:28 PM   #12 (permalink)
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I've heard it said that being tickled is experiencing the mildest, mildest form of pain.
why else would you want it to stop?
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Old 08-21-2003, 04:06 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I'm not very ticklish at all.
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Old 08-21-2003, 05:12 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Discover Magazine just had a feature on laughter, which also covers tickling. Well, back in April. But I'm behind in my reading. Basically, they say it is to foster social interaction.
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Old 08-22-2003, 01:16 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Eh,maybe thats why im not ticklish..

I don't interact very much (experience has taught me to believe all people are sarcastic assholes,who are only making fun of me)

But nontheless,cool!
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Old 08-22-2003, 05:37 AM   #16 (permalink)
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<------not very ticklish at all
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Old 08-22-2003, 03:29 PM   #17 (permalink)
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Eh,maybe thats why im not ticklish..

I don't interact very much (experience has taught me to believe all people are sarcastic assholes,who are only making fun of me)

But nontheless,cool!
Experience has taught me that interaction is desirable. Besides, not everyone is out to get you.
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Old 08-22-2003, 05:01 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Unfortunatly I am ticklish everywhere! And to top it off my b/f knows it and love to torture me!

With me it all has to do with the touch and timing.
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Old 08-22-2003, 08:09 PM   #19 (permalink)
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i thought i was extremely ticklish until i was with my last boyfriend. he couldn't tickle me no matter how hard he tried. and it was always fun bcos i could always tickle him :-D
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Old 08-22-2003, 09:03 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Oh boy am i ticklish... and it can be quite fun if the right person is tickling you.

When i was really little, i was reaaaally ticklish, and older siblings and my dad etc would tickle me to the point where i couldnt breath cuz i was laughing so much i didnt have time to breath in
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Old 08-22-2003, 10:23 PM   #21 (permalink)
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im alittle ticklish.

but it's in a place where there's tons or nerves.

i dont wanna say where it is.
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Old 08-23-2003, 06:55 PM   #22 (permalink)
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I'm pretty ticklish in the sides, but it's either nothing at all, or REALLY bad where I usually fall off the chair or something.

My girlfriend isn't ticklish nearly anywhere, except for some reason in the stomach. Like, no where else except there.
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Old 09-15-2003, 09:12 AM   #23 (permalink)
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Shyla hasn't been ticklish before she was with me, so I assume some trust has to be there for someone to be ticklish also. I for one am *very* ticklish and I try to keep it in or I would pee myself,
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Old 09-15-2003, 09:33 AM   #24 (permalink)
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i'm ticklish. sometimes more than others.

you can't really tickle yourself
It sure feels like I can. On my feet, at least.
It might be that medical whosiwhatsit-thingamajig(a little help, please) they do to the sole of your foot to determine if you have a spinal injury, but I can still tickle my own foot.
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Old 09-15-2003, 09:37 AM   #25 (permalink)
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I'm very ticklish...it's not a question of *where* I'm being tickled, it's *how*. Digging your fingers in my side...not so much. But a light, grazing touch to the underside of my arm. *shiver*
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Old 09-15-2003, 11:21 AM   #26 (permalink)
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I'm only ticklish with certain people, sounds silly maybe, but when my girlfriend wants to overpower me all she has to is tickle me and i cave, but with other people they just don't seem to have the touch...maybe i just like to feel overpowered by a dominant female!
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Old 09-15-2003, 12:09 PM   #27 (permalink)
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It's just another reason to pee your pants.
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Old 09-15-2003, 02:32 PM   #28 (permalink)
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I am far far far far far too ticklish! Seriously, I'm pretty much ticklish everywhere (with the exception of some of the most common places interestingly enough). Makes it pretty hard to cuddle or anything like that with anyone because it always tickles!!!
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Old 09-15-2003, 02:40 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Oh gosh I'm terrrrribly ticklish! I definately start cracking up before my feet (especially) are touched! I usually can tickle my own feet =/ It makes it difficult washing them in the shower sometimes haha. Only place that isn't ticklish is my neck for some reason, hmm!

Luckily my hubby is ticklish, too >=D
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Old 09-15-2003, 03:10 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Not so ticklish. Tickling proves at your nerves works well.
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Old 09-15-2003, 04:35 PM   #31 (permalink)
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It's just another reason to pee your pants.
Who needs a reason for that?

I actually can kinda turn it on and off, sometimes the armpit is sensitive, and sometimes I can just sit there and let someone go to town and barely twitch - except the balls of my feet, they are hyper-sensitive for some reason.
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Old 09-15-2003, 08:18 PM   #32 (permalink)
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I am far far far far far too ticklish! Makes it pretty hard to cuddle or anything like that with anyone because it always tickles!!!
Tell me about it! If they ever invent some kind of drug that prevents tickling, I'm buying it first thing for Secret! Somedays I can barely give him a hug, the big meanie.
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Old 09-15-2003, 08:57 PM   #33 (permalink)
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I am far far far far far too ticklish! Seriously, I'm pretty much ticklish everywhere (with the exception of some of the most common places interestingly enough). Makes it pretty hard to cuddle or anything like that with anyone because it always tickles!!!
I suffer from this too... We'll be lying there cuddling then all of a sudden I'll just jerk away because I randomly get ticklish.
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Old 09-16-2003, 10:18 AM   #34 (permalink)
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Worse yet, I forgot to mention - me being ticklish isn't a "fun" thing. I get violent. I honestly can't control myself. So if onodrim ever tickles me I sincerely tell her to stop because I don't know where I may flail my fists (Now you know what happened if she ever disappears )
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