Not at ticklish as you used to be; less ticklish tied down

Em Es · Nov 13, 2003

I've heard people say they either "used to be ticklish but not anymore" or "not as ticklish" as they used to be. Who knows, maybe tickling is like asthma or allergies - it comes and goes through the years?

I'm ticklish all over and have been so my whole life. When I've been either overpowered or just caught off guard, people have tickled me like crazy. When I was a kid, for instance, adults and larger kids put me through a few intense ticklings. And as an adult, I've also been in a few ticklish situations against my will. (But for the record, I've been primarily the tickler with the women I've known.)

In recent months, for the first time I've been getting tied down and tickled at New York City dungeons. (Some girls have been switchable, others not.) To my surprise, it's harder for me to be tickled when restrained. I wonder if letting it happen, as opposed to getting tickled by surprise, is the reason I'm not as ticklish when tied down. It's as if the brain, controlling my body's self-defense mechanism, shuts down some of my vulnerability because I'm letting a woman restrain and tickle me.😕

Myst · Nov 13, 2003

Ive found that as well, that feeling of invunerablity instead of increasing the sensation, for some, decreases it dramatically...

Maybe some of those girls in the videos aren't faking after all, maybe they are just like you and me XP, tickle them out of the blue, and they're on the floor..

Just my 2 cents....

Eternal Tomboy · Nov 13, 2003

I'm the same way too. I'm much less ticklish when I'm tied down. I think I attribute it to a few factors:

1. There is very little element of surprise. I guess a blindfold would help with this, but even then, the 'lee knows it's coming.

2. I feel more self-conscious than vulnerable when tied down, and I think this is one of the major things that decreses my level of ticklishness.

3. The "playful" aspect of tickling (for me) is all about the tickle fights and wrestling around in an effort to gain control over the other person (mostly by trying to tickle the hell out of them before they can tickle you). When I'm restrained (by bondage gear, not by the 'ler) all of that play that I love so much is lost. I will most likely beg for mercy a lot faster during a tickle fight than when I'm tied down.

It really amazes me how much my level of ticklishness can vary. Sometimes I wish I was one of those 'lees that giggled hysterically no matter what the circumstance, but the way I look at it, I can use my ticklishness as a kind of gauge which lets me know how comfortable I am with the situation.

Maggie

AffectionateDan · Nov 13, 2003

Good to know it's not just me...

The few times that I've allowed myself to be tickled, it's been more torturous when I'm not restrained, at least not with ropes or other tools. The ticklishness just goes away. I go somewhere else in my head. I don't try to understand it, I just accept it. Weird? Maybe. Feh. Perhaps it's the subconscious knowledge that when I'm not bound, I still have that chance of escape (never mind whether I want to or not, we're talking about TICKLING here, it doesn't have to be rational, LoL). I dunno.

BOFH666 · Nov 13, 2003

I've never found myself subconsciously getting more or less ticklish in certain situations, but I can make the concious decision to 'switch off' if I want to, going from my usual 'hey that aircon vent tickled' to nothing whatsoever pretty much at will. Which sounds odd I know, but hand on heart it's the truth (ask the poor lass that spent close to an hour working in silence with a feather only to get a Nelson-like Ha Ha at the end).

That said, I wonder if it doesn't have more to do with who's tickling you more than anything else? In other words is a situation like Em Es describes (tied up and tickled at Hidden Chamber) going to result in you being less ticklish than the exact same situation with someone you've been after (or with) for years?

P50 · Nov 13, 2003

I'm not half as ticklish as I was half a life ago

Probably not one-tenth

Guess I was made to be a 'Ler

Young people, get married and enjoy it every day.

Interesting side effect of this is that the right kind of tickling can now help me become extremely drowsy,,,, quite useful for a new twist on romantic times with a 'Lee and a 'Ler.

Edge · Nov 13, 2003

No way

Well some of you obviously have said your less ticklish when tied down but I really don't think that is for the majority. The fact of being "tied down" for people who are really ticklish, that means they are full vulnerable and unable to defend themselves. That is intimidating for many who are ticklish...most people I know who have been tied up and tickle tortured say its the worst torture in the entire world...it drives them insane, not being able to fight back or move or get away! So some maybe being tied down makes them less ticklish but I do think for most people the idea of being tickle tortured WHILE tied down is a scary, scary thought ;-)

milagros317 · Nov 13, 2003

Being tied down doesn't make me more or less tickish, just more vulnerable. Being blindfolded definitely makes me more ticklish. 😀

ticklish_songbird · Nov 13, 2003

definitely more ticklish!!!!!!!

having never been tied up before, and just the other night was the first time in bondage, i found myself to be alot more ticklish because you cant move and you know it's coming and you cannot do anything about it or even try to cover the spot they are going for. you just have to let it happen....

even though i was tied up, i didn't know where he was going to tickle next, it was one surprise after the next, and not being able to get out of it was probably the most exiting part....

natural tickler · Nov 13, 2003

well, recently all the family was together, and all my sisters and brothers showed the nieces and nephews how ticklefights should be like, and it was just like it was yesterday. Everyone was just as ticklish now (if not more) than the ticklefights we had 15-20 years ago. Ahhh, the memories.....

ericr · Nov 14, 2003

I am very ticklish and being tied down does not seem to have any effect on how ticklish I am. It certainly does allow the tickler to tickle me more and to explore more areas for ticklishness. As I have grown older I have discovered that I am more tickish in more areas than I was aware of previously. Being tied down has facilitated that.

The Pianist · Nov 14, 2003

Ever thought of using the bondage to handicap you rather than immobilise you? I've got no experience in this area at all... but its an idea at the least.

What I mean, is instead of using tight ropes... use ones with some slack, or perhaps even some elastic rubber stuff. So basically, you can move around a little and protect yourself to a certain extent, but you cannot be the ler. Whats more, is you'd tire yourself out alot faster if the resistance on the restraints is enough.

Might not work... but it could be worth a try.

TickledToDeath · Nov 15, 2003

For the most part, I am as ticklish now as I was most of if not all of my 43 years of existance in this life. I may have been a tad more ticklish as a child but then again, after a certain point is reached and passed, I am off the scale ticklish and phatoms moreso than when I was young-er.

As far as being tied down or not, I am just as ticklish either way but again, more when the tickling is sustained than being untied and tickled with me being able to fight off the tickling/tickler.
Sometimes when I am tickled and not tied and the tickling is in very short bursts or pokes, it is more annoying than anything else although it still tickles. Being held down is the same, almost, as being tied.

TTD

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