Does ticklishness make for a better tickler?

[ticklehound]

Do you think being ticklish correlates with tickling skill? Are extremely ticklish people better ticklers than non-ticklish people?

I'm tempted to think so, since you obviously knows what it feels like, what techniques really tickle & what spots to tickle to get the best response. I wonder if ticklers focus on spots where they themselves are particularly ticklish.

Just a thought. Discuss.

 

[milagros317]

The three most skillful ticklers that I have had the joy to play with were:
LeeAllure -- not ticklish at all herself
Mistress Feral (of L.A.) -- extremely ticklish herself
Mistress Kassandra (of NYC) -- extremely ticklish herself

So I would have to say, it varies.

 

[love feet]

no not at all!

 

[rhiannon]

To be honest I have no idea what kind of techniques work on me, so I wouldn't have a clue what works on others.

 

[dazed]

This is interesting because I've also been tickled really well by ticklish and non-ticklish people. The thing they have in common as ticklers is that they love what they're doing and watch, listen and learn what works really quickly. I suppose it helps if a top knows what being in bondage feels like but a bit of empathy and common sense goes a long way.
I've seen Lee Allure tickle someone and the look on her face is a treat -she's really having fun. That's what counts.

 

[ticklehound]

OK, thanks for the input. Let me put it another way: Do you think ticklish ticklers are more intuitive because they've been tickled before? I imagine they have a "I know this really tickles" kinda way, if you know what I mean...

 

[Wolf]

I'd say in general, Yes.
Sense memory can be a very useful tool.

 

[VERNON1973]

I think defo yes!!! I was tickled a lot when I was young and even though this didn't turn me on, the thought of making a girl feel like this REALLY turned me on!! So what I am saying is people that understand what it feels like can want to do it more to others? Maybe? That is my thoughts anyway!!

 

[DarthGrinn]

I too believe that empathy and understanding (from being ticklish) can definitely help. But I too have gotten it bad from ticklers who weren't ticklish themselves. Perhaps one doesn't need to directly experience something to be a good empathizer?

 

[P[a]pi]

I think being ticklish helps. It definately can't hurt.

 

[Wade]

It's true that I've been tortured very skillfully by an ex-gf who was herself terribly ticklish, and I was sure she was drawing on her own susceptibility and sense memories to torment me--she knew just what would drive her around the bend, and she would inflict that upon me.

That said, it seems like the bulk of my most ruthless ticklers have been women who were/are themselves not ticklish at all. Their lack of experience with being tickled contributes to their mercilessness--they have no idea how intolerable the sensation is, so they have no empathy for my suffering and thus are even more cruel--while the outward manifestations of my ticklishness (when they hit a particularly vulnerable spot I twitch and thrash helpfully; my laughter sails into a new octave, etc) mean they're able to be every bit as effective at tickling me as someone who herself knows from experience what I'm going through. In other words: not being ticklish bolsters their ruthlessness and in no way hinders their effectiveness. Plus, obviously, I can't fight back in kind.

 

[Deleted member 2452]

i think being ticklish makes a person a better tickler. there may be exceptions to that, but few in my experience.

steve

 

[-Hari-]

Its one of many factors that CAN help, but I wouldn't say its overly noticeable compared to things like patience.

 

[Em Es]

I'd like to read, or better still, participate in, a scientific study to answer that!

But I think the factor that makes somebody a dominant tickler is what one might call the tickling gene, that specific sequence of DNA or RNA that drives a person to like tickling others so much. Since non-ticklish ticklers don't know what getting tickled feels like, it can't be the childhood ticklings to which ticklish people are subjected that makes you like to tickle, after all.

 

[robmic]

I have to say in my experience it doesn't matter. When I was a kid, I was quite ticklish, but avoided getting tickled by any means. On the other hand, I tickled every chance I got! I think the biggest difference in peoples effectiveness is how much they pay attention to the ones they're tickling for the reactions. It only makes sense if you track a persons reactions when you're tickling them, you can see what works and what doesn't. It's like anything else you do..you see what is giving you the results you want and go from there.

 

[Ticklerguy4u]

I do believe it helps but being that I am not very ticklish. I have been told by many women that I am extremely good at finding there "hot spots" whereas guys that they know are ticklish haven't. I believe it has to do with like the others said...if you love what you do, you have the desire to be the best at it. So yes, ticklish people do have an advantage but I known some that are ticklish but still can't tickle better then me. Believe it or not.