Being tickled TOO much?

[Onlyfornow]

Alright, I've seemed to notice this from feedback of friends and my own personal experiences...I seem to notice that when a person is tickled often over a short period of time (for example, let's say that they are tickled 3 times a day for an entire business week) that they start becoming temporarily less ticklish. I noticed this when I was being tickled this entire last week, but now I'm not as ticklish as I was.

I was wondering...does anybody else experience this? And also, how long does it typically take for your ticklishness to fully rejuvinate?
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[go_234]

I get tickled about three times a day everyday, but I have never noticed my ticklishness failing. Perhaps it's just a mental thing? Or maybe your body is getting used to it?

 

[ericr]

I think it is common for people to become exhausted and/or less ticklish. I do not seem to be one of them. I was once tickled for two hours straight; I was still just as ticklish. Afterwards I felt like I was light headed, exhausted, hyper sensitive to touch and felt slightly tickled for hours and hours.

 

[PBL]

I get tickled about three times a day everyday

The jealousy you've created in me will endure for a thousand days.

 

[go_234]

It's not even on purpose, haha, my friends just discovered how ticklish I am and find it very funny to tickle me. Longest was 15 minutes though.

 

[chrisheaven]

Hi there-- good to seee you here-- are you from UK??

 

[go_234]

Yes, I'm from West Wales, how about you?

 

[drew70]

This is just opinion and conjecture here, so take it with a grain of salt.

But....

I believe ticklishness is as much mental/emotional as it is physical. The more threatened and vulnerable I feel, the more ticklish I get. Just being near certain Lers makes me more ticklish because I know the devastation they can cause. I feel more vulnerable, and hence, more ticklish. If a Ler is only half hearted, one can often just weather the storm knowing there's no real threat behind it. A good Ler knows how to instill a sense of hopelessness in her victim, at which point the lee stops fighting and just gives in to the torturous sensation.

The uncertainty factor also plays a big role in ticklishness. The repetition of tickling styles against the same targets can allow us ticklish guys to formulate a defense against it. Not that we want to, you understand, it's just the body's survival instincts kicking in. This is why it takes a determined Ler to keep us guessing, keep us jumping, unable to anticipate where or how she'll strike next.

So maybe you're not losing your ticklishness, but your lers are losing their effectiveness in their techniques.

 

[Vae]

I really agree with Drew on this one. It's not so much how the tickling is done, but the threat of it. When my ex would tickle me, it was very livable. He could tickle me for an hour and I'd laugh constantly, but it really wasn't that bad. If anyone else, especially friends, would, it would be horrible. I'd get so embarrassed, thinking my face looks ridiculous and it would tickle so much that I'd scream.

One time, before my current boyfriend and I started dating, he was massaging my back. When he was done, he saw my feet and I was -horrified- when he said something like, "Now that's too tempting." He tickled the shit out of me and I was both enjoying it and DYING for it to stop. Now that we're dating 🙂D!) he tickles me twice as relentlessly but I never want it to stop. He's not a threat; I don't feel embarrassed around him.

So I agree that tickling is as much mental as it is physical. If and when we know it's coming, or if we welcome it, it's sometimes not too horrible. And also, it entirely depends on the person. Some people are just horrendously ticklish, or not at all, no matter who does it.

 

[huskys]

Being tickled a lot has the opposite effect on me.
If someone gets in a real good tickle it makes me hyper for a long period after.
A friend did this once and every time she came up to me afterwards I would cringe and back off and start laughing before she even touched me.
Sad, I know. lol

 

[aurora5150]

that's a really good question. i kinda think that after a long period of time being exposed to one particular stimuli you start to loose your sensitivity to it. if i'm tickled too long in one session i start to lose some of that ticklish feeling but it still feels really good. i think it really depends on the person and their sensitivity level. or i could just be talking outta my ass.

 

[E-Dawg]

Well...

One time I tickled a woman's feet for about 1 minute non-stop. She laughed and squirmed in the process, and after that minute, she stopped laughing and squirming. She told me that I tickled her feet too long. I gave her a break for a little bit. Then her ticklishness came back.

 

[ericr]

I agree with Drew that the tickler's skills might be a big factor.