Are we more ticklish when were drunk?

[tickle_feety]

It depends on how drunk and what kind of drunk I am if I am depressed drunk no tickle if I am happy crazy go lucky drunk I am far more ticklish!

happy crazy go lucky drinking is the only drinking i know! 😛

 

[Tamz]

I'm with you on this one leeboy. Normally, I am extremely ticklish from head-to-toe when sober. Drinking socially is quite common for me and when I've had one too many, I can take the tickling more so than when I'm sober. Sober is the way to go if you truly want to tickle torture someone in my opinion.

 

[ilovethickbbws]

Due to the fact that alcohol makes me sick (I believe I'm alergic to it), it's been over 30 years since I've had a drink. When I did drink in my youth, it made me less ticklish. But back in the day when I use to smoke pot, getting stoned on weed seemed to increase my ticklishness level.

 

[TicklishSinner]

not more ticklish i think it just seems that way because when im drunk im more discombobulated

 

[EvlJester]

I will admit it i am more ticklish when i am drunk.

 

[Mastertank1]

Thank you Lindy.

The science nerds have returned to the new alcohol thread. 😀


I'm going to have to correct you about alcohol being a CNS stimulant at small doses. Alcohol is ALWAYS a CNS depressant, at any dose. At mild levels of intoxication, it can result in stimulation of the adrendal glands, which accounts for the stimulant properties - it's not related to the effect of the drug on the brain. It's also important to consider the situations in which alcohol tends to be consumed - bars, parties, fun times. There are some interesting psychological models relating to the subjective experience of intoxication - it possible that people experience a kind of compensatory excitement that counteracts the depressant effects of alcohol, at least at first, so the subjective experience is of being more hyper, not less.

The reason this matters (alcohol as CNS stimulant vs. alcohol as adrenal/psychological stimulant) is that though you may feel more "on" while mildly intoxicated, you do NOT drive better, you do NOT think faster, and you are NOT functioning at an improved level. Even though you might feel more energetic, you are still impaired. I'm not saying you're so impaired that you're not safe to drive after one drink, but I think you're safer if you understand that your reflexes are probably a little slower than usual even after one drink, so you should be more careful than usual. Being under the impression that you're functioning better or faster after a little alcohol would be a mistake.

But I think what you said about alcohol relaxing behavioral inhibitions so people react more to tickling is right on. I believe that's the most important factor, along with expectations of being more ticklish, that accounts for the increased ticklishness while intoxicated that some people experience or observe.

BTW, I totally agree with everything you said about THC, but tangent/soapbox much? I think it's enough to say that if you're looking for a drug to make you more ticklish, pot's a better choice than booze. 😉

If I post information which I believe to be true but happen to be mistaken, I always hope that someone who knows better will correct my error. Thanks to Lindyhopper for the correct information.

Mastertank1

We who play and dance are thought mad by they who hear no music.

 

[LindyHopper]

If I post information which I believe to be true but happen to be mistaken, I always hope that someone who knows better will correct my error. Thanks to Lindyhopper for the correct information.

Aww. Well, thank you for your grace in learning something new. 🙂 That's such an important quality, and so rare.

Anyway, I still think we should meet over a drink someday. The alcohol won't make me more ticklish, but I am an awfully cute drunk! 😀

 

[Redmage]

The alcohol won't make me more ticklish, but I am an awfully cute drunk! 😀

You're an awfully cute sober too.

 

[Soulfly]

I have never been tickled when I was buzzed so I guess it's possible that I could be more ticklish. Although I never really gotten REALLY drunk, so I am sure that I could be more ticklish.

never been really drunk? than you haven't lived

 

[Skipadeedoodah]

Not at all. I'm actually considerably less ticklish when I'm drunk..unless I'm already laughing giddy..then I guess maybe more..i dunno i haven't really been drunk and tickled enough times to know LOL So I guess that was kind of a pointless answer...I just need to experiment a little..anybody wanna help?? 😉

 

[Illtcklu]

Not at all. I'm actually considerably less ticklish when I'm drunk..unless I'm already laughing giddy..then I guess maybe more..i dunno i haven't really been drunk and tickled enough times to know LOL So I guess that was kind of a pointless answer...I just need to experiment a little..anybody wanna help?? 😉

I think there might be a fine line as to whether it would make you more, or less. Of course everyone has different tolerances to drinking. So maybe at "tipsey" you can be more ticklish, but "fall down" drunk I would think you wouldn't even know your being tickled.

 

[chicago]

I don't know if alcohol heightens the senses or what. Maybe it's because when you're drunk you're so out of it that the element of surprise is increased? Who knows? I can say that last night, after having about six shots of vodka I was pretty gone and pretty loud when my neck was tickled. Of course, that is my worst spot, but it felt a lot worse last night lol