Can you be addicted to laughter?

[SadCuzNotTcklsh]

Is it possible for someone to be addicted to laughter, but not so much tickling? I guess eventually they would have to become interested in tickling since it provides laughter.

 

[rhiannon]

I don't think so. I never heard about a laughter-addiction. 🙂

 

[SadCuzNotTcklsh]

I don't think so. I never heard about a laughter-addiction. 🙂

Compared to some other addictions, it doesn't sound half bad does it.

 

[rhiannon]

Addictions are never fun. I don't see how anybody would actually get addicted to laughter.

 

[Myriads]

If, "By addicted", you mean 'have a fetish for' then the answer is yes.

People can form fetishes, paraphilia, or simply strong likes for just about any quality, thing, or situation you can imagine. At the far ends they can become addictions in the negative sense.

Laughter is just another audial cue, and I don't doubt that there is a group that is turned on by it.

Myriads

 

[luvgirlsfeet]

I'm not addicted to laughter but it doesnt get old hearing it unless its one that will make the paint chip off the walls

 

[rhiannon]

I have to admit that it is hard for me to find a laughter that I consider sounding nice and not fake.

 

[love feet]

If, "By addicted", you mean 'have a fetish for' then the answer is yes.

People can form fetishes, paraphilia, or simply strong likes for just about any quality, thing, or situation you can imagine. At the far ends they can become addictions in the negative sense.

Laughter is just another audial cue, and I don't doubt that there is a group that is turned on by it.



Myriads

good point!

 

[robmic]

"I have to admit that it is hard for me to find a laughter that I consider sounding nice and not fake. "

I agree! BUT, if I do hear laughter that sounds genuine and is obviously from someone being mercilessly tickled, and not the screaming, ear-piercing, painful stuff, yes I find it totally addictive! I don't even need to witness the act. Just hearing it can give me a wicked woody! I've tickled, or witnessed enough tickling that my mind can paint me an accurate picture of what is, or could be going on at the time. And that's almost as good as partaking in the act myself. I could listen to certain types of laughter almost forever.

 

[evilwomanhehe]

I'm not "addicted" to laughter--but if someone has a belly laugh mixed in with silent laughter that is infectuous just gets me. Makes me tickle more, also.

 

[pfromptown]

One can be psychologically addicted to anything whatsoever, so the answer is yes.

 

[WheresThe Clip?]

Yes Yes Yes.

Although it is of course mixed in with tickling, just hearing high pitched female laughter on its own turns me on.

 

[rhiannon]

Are we talking about actual "addictions" here or just what turns us on? I think that's something totally different.

 

[MrTicklefeet]

You Betcha! As someone once said, "Women's laughter is the best music in the world."

 

[ticklehound]

Addiction is such a strong word, but I'd buy it, in the sense that if it's something you really enjoy, you want to hear it again & again. Someone I forget made a joke about the idiocy of sex addiction, how if there was a magic button that causes an orgasm when pushed, we'd keep pushing it til we died of starvation or exhaustion or whatever (point being: it's an instant cause:effect gratification thing, not-so-much a chemical dependency of substance abuse/addiction).

Anyway, we all love tickling; I would venture a guess that, in part, it has something to do with the instant gratification of inducing laughter from simply touching someone, which in turn is associated w/ sexual arousal. This carries over to non-tickling instances as well (i.e. a girl w/ a great laugh becomes much hotter in my eyes).