ticklechambers
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Now, i understand the title of this thread might be slightly missleading. As i am no expert and i do not present to anyone a magic answer. But i've been writing up a 'ler guide (hehe 😉) and came across some information which really gave insight in how to become possibly more/less ticklish.
I thought i'd share some facts, scientific research... things i've put together -NOTE I AM NO EXPERT AND IN NO WAY DO I PROMISE THIS IS THE ANSWER. But it's certainly a start. And it's certainly informative. and it might just work.
So here is an excerpt from my opinionative 'ler guide (that does contain facts and informative useful tickling information)
Normal and Violation.
This is an important little fact to know. The psysiology of laughter and tickling tells us that the response (laugher and squirming) is a combination of touch that is a violation and touch that is preceived as normal. Many people who are not ticklish, are only so as they feel no violation in the contact they are receiving. For many people they need to preceive some kind of playful threat/ or attack in order to feel the violation/normal touch combo.
On another note is it considered that we as humans react this way to tickling as a way of teaching our bodies where our weak points will be in combat. Once again- this scientific fact brings us to the notion of violation/violence.
Tickling itself is a combination of feeling 'touch' and 'pain' together. The body reacts in a way that tells your subconscious- "get away or you might get bruised". Hence the squirming and struggling response. However, when a person truely believes there is no threat within this kind of contact- then they only feel it as "normal" touch. Without the cruicial combination of the two, a person would not be ticklish.
This in itself explains why some people find tickling to be painful. Everyone is different. And for some people they do not feel any normalicy in this kind of touch- they only feel the violation and the pain. So for those of you who are too ticklish for your own liking... the sad news it that overexposure is key to getting less ticklish. Overexposure gets a person used to that sort of touch. Eventually it is viewed as normal... and the more a person is tickled the more normal it becomes.
This is also why a lot of people experience becoming less ticklish as they get older. The 'touch' sensation becomes normal. They feel less of a threat. However, this is not true for everyone. How you 'percieve' the touch (normal/violation) is completely a mental thing. You're mentality can be altered based on past experiences affecting your perception, mental training/ alteration of thought patterns... and some would even suggest hypnosis.
Now all this information above is facts from various websites i've researched. I've pieced certain things together and came to my own conclusions in regards to a way to become more/ less ticklish. I know for certain this is the way to become less ticklish. there is plenty of evidence to suggest that. However, by way of becoming more ticklish- note that changing your perception and thought patterns on the subject is not an overnight task. there has been little or no research on becoming more ticklish. Probably because not many people want to be ticklish.
Also to substantiate my point further- a hell of a lot of people here would agree... being blindfolded enhances the experience. This is because when a person cannot see where the contact is coming from, it enhances the unpredictability of the touch and therefore the feeling of there being a 'threat'. Threat = violation.
Now it's just a matter of figuring out how to change your thought patterns and create present situations to alter you perception of tickling over time. 🙂
which brings us to the next chapter...... 🙂
if anyone wants to add information or anything which is useful to the 'lees and 'lers out there- or something which i should add to my 'ler guide- POST AWAY. 🙂
I'm still in the process of fine tuning this whole thing. But as i believe this information would be interesting to you all- i thought i'd put up this post.
xoxoxoxoxox <3
if you doubt anything, research it yourself. 😀
I thought i'd share some facts, scientific research... things i've put together -NOTE I AM NO EXPERT AND IN NO WAY DO I PROMISE THIS IS THE ANSWER. But it's certainly a start. And it's certainly informative. and it might just work.
So here is an excerpt from my opinionative 'ler guide (that does contain facts and informative useful tickling information)
Normal and Violation.
This is an important little fact to know. The psysiology of laughter and tickling tells us that the response (laugher and squirming) is a combination of touch that is a violation and touch that is preceived as normal. Many people who are not ticklish, are only so as they feel no violation in the contact they are receiving. For many people they need to preceive some kind of playful threat/ or attack in order to feel the violation/normal touch combo.
On another note is it considered that we as humans react this way to tickling as a way of teaching our bodies where our weak points will be in combat. Once again- this scientific fact brings us to the notion of violation/violence.
Tickling itself is a combination of feeling 'touch' and 'pain' together. The body reacts in a way that tells your subconscious- "get away or you might get bruised". Hence the squirming and struggling response. However, when a person truely believes there is no threat within this kind of contact- then they only feel it as "normal" touch. Without the cruicial combination of the two, a person would not be ticklish.
This in itself explains why some people find tickling to be painful. Everyone is different. And for some people they do not feel any normalicy in this kind of touch- they only feel the violation and the pain. So for those of you who are too ticklish for your own liking... the sad news it that overexposure is key to getting less ticklish. Overexposure gets a person used to that sort of touch. Eventually it is viewed as normal... and the more a person is tickled the more normal it becomes.
This is also why a lot of people experience becoming less ticklish as they get older. The 'touch' sensation becomes normal. They feel less of a threat. However, this is not true for everyone. How you 'percieve' the touch (normal/violation) is completely a mental thing. You're mentality can be altered based on past experiences affecting your perception, mental training/ alteration of thought patterns... and some would even suggest hypnosis.
Now all this information above is facts from various websites i've researched. I've pieced certain things together and came to my own conclusions in regards to a way to become more/ less ticklish. I know for certain this is the way to become less ticklish. there is plenty of evidence to suggest that. However, by way of becoming more ticklish- note that changing your perception and thought patterns on the subject is not an overnight task. there has been little or no research on becoming more ticklish. Probably because not many people want to be ticklish.
Also to substantiate my point further- a hell of a lot of people here would agree... being blindfolded enhances the experience. This is because when a person cannot see where the contact is coming from, it enhances the unpredictability of the touch and therefore the feeling of there being a 'threat'. Threat = violation.
Now it's just a matter of figuring out how to change your thought patterns and create present situations to alter you perception of tickling over time. 🙂
which brings us to the next chapter...... 🙂
if anyone wants to add information or anything which is useful to the 'lees and 'lers out there- or something which i should add to my 'ler guide- POST AWAY. 🙂
I'm still in the process of fine tuning this whole thing. But as i believe this information would be interesting to you all- i thought i'd put up this post.
xoxoxoxoxox <3
if you doubt anything, research it yourself. 😀
