cool article

[Intoxiphilia]

http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_section_details.asp?text_id=4225&channel_id=7&relation_id=25710

Not particularly scientific or anything, but I liked it 🙂 I suppose this explains a little why some people get turned on by tickling, and why it goes together so well with teasing/caressing. Now if I could just find a girl who lets me kiss her behind the kneecap I've always wanted to try that, it seems like it would feel good/ tickle in a good way. Has anyone tried that before? Sorry if this thread is stupid, I haven't slept in over 24 hours and my judgment may be affected.

 

[RavenMoon]

Sorry if this thread is stupid, I haven't slept in over 24 hours and my judgment may be affected.

LOL! Nope, not stupid, sweetness. That is what this forum is about. Sharing thoughts, info and ideas. If you search the archives, it will not take you long to find many other similar threads ponder the 'why' behind ticklishness and our attraction to it.

The article was a good one that hit upon the tip of the iceberg regarding pleasurable sensations. When you talk to a lot of 'lees, the places they are the most ticklish will almost always be in the erogenous zone. When you talk to a lot of the 'lers, their favorite places will usually be related to the zone as well.

I believe it goes beyond the nerve response of arousal though. These spots are intimate. Intimacy involves trust, security and companionship as well, which are more emotional than physiological, meaning that our brains are emotionally taken somewhere of comfort and desire prior to our bodies arriving there. There is a lot of complicated psychology and biochemistry to fill in the dots that I won't even begin to go into here.

Have you heard the expressions along the lines of "capture the mind and the body will follow"? It is common place in BDSM and sensation play. It is a bit of what happens in our situations as well. The brain is powerful. If you emotionally take it somewhere, the body can react accordingly. Think phantom limb as well. The mind remembers the limb, therefore the body reacts accordingly.

We are such complicated creatures with such delicate operating systems. And there is not a single programmer out there who can figure out completely how we work!

Thanks for sharing the article. Best wishes to you and yours...

 

[Intoxiphilia]

Thank you for your articulate and intelligent response 🙂

I agree ticklishness involves variables that goes beyond physiological factors. Much of the what makes tickling fun is due to the mind I guess. For me, it involves trust, vulnerability, and affection. I like tickling/being tickled by my partner (theoretical partner 🙁 ) because it says she trusts me enough for her to allow herself to be put in such a vulnerable state. I love gently playing with her body, teasing her and driving her crazy (in a good way). It's an act of affection, not really torture or anything (although once or twice it might be fun if she wanted to try and push her limits with something more intense- an adrenaline rush, like jumping out of a plane or riding a roller coaster).

Being put in such a physically vulnerable position (being tied up and blindfolded) creates a psychological state of vulnerability that generates excitement and enhances tactile stimulation.

I'm not sure where I'm going with this now, so I'll shut my mouth :X

 

[milagros317]

Very nice mainstream article in that it looks at tickling in a positive light. 😀

 

[ParanoidChant]

This article explains alot

I've always thought that combining light tickling while being intimate with a "vanilla" was a pretty good compromise between what the two of us wanted from each other. This article kinda reaffirms that assertion: if simply caressing erogenous zones can heighten the experience for them, then I don't think I need any bondage or feathers or begging to be satisfied. Good find!