I think I lost or am losing my tickling fetish

[BreathlessTickles]

Hello everyone.

Long time member and even longer lurker. I am currently 37 years old and discovered my tickle fetish around age 13, so it's been a while lol.

Tickling has always been important to my sex life. Honestly it's been the overwhelmingly dominant element of it for as long as I can remember. Lately, the energy hasn't been there. If anything, tickling has been making me feel disgusted. Part of it is me, because there has been a conflict between my fetish and the rest of my intimacy life for a while, but in general tickling hasn't done anything for me lately, which is strange. I even have a girlfriend from the vanilla world who is happy to indulge me and I don't even want to tickle her anymore.

It kinda makes me sad but also reminds me of something else in my life.

I quit drinking around 10 years ago. The way I did it was not common. My body just started rejecting alcohol. It ended up being a good thing because I had a problem, so I am not upset about that. Right now I'm slightly concerned (but not devastated) about the possibility that my body is rejecting tickling and I won't be able to do anything about it.

Not a fun thing to post, but I was curious if anyone has experienced anything similar. Thank you.

 

[yinzer]

I guess one of the first questions that comes to mind is, did you entirely lose your sex drive, or just the tickle drive? If it's the entire sex drive, then that would be the thing you'd probably really want to address first. I'm no medical doctor, but I'm sure there could be a million different causes for that.

 

[Soles_Scream]

I've lost interest in tickling in all forms for a few years which coincided with stress, depression, being super busy with life, etc. It comes and goes. Great topic though. It's not uncommon. Some never come back to it, others do.

 

[quinn65]

Same here, it comes and goes. When we used to produce videos, sometimes it actually felt like work. I've had a cool wife for 30 years who's always been a good sport about getting tickled and even involving friends, so I think maybe when it becomes a regular part of your life the obsession tends to subside.

 

[FFT32]

This is so fascinating and interesting and its awesome to see people sharing their experiences as I am sure we all have gone through some changes and shifting with our interest, satisfaction, etc.

As for me, I have noticed a shift where my interest and desire to tickle has increased, thus raising a curiosity about it becoming the dominent facet of my intimate\sex life if it continues to increase...?

I have always had tickling balanced really well in my life, so I like I said, I'm curious.

 

[yinzer]

I also kind of quit alcohol without really ever quitting. I was a daily drinker for around ten years throughout most of my twenties into my early thirties. It was definitely obsessive for me. I gradually just kept cutting back and caring less and less about it. I now barely drink at all, other than occasionally in a social situation. I had some pretty close to rock bottoms with it, but my body never exactly rejected it, and never got to the point of having any serious health problems. Never did any 10 step programs or anything. It's like I've just gradually lost interest. Being that tickling is so intertwined with me sexually, I find that my interest in it seems to be very closely tied to my sex drive. What quinn said makes sense to me, that when it becomes a regular part of your life the obsession subsides. I've never really experienced that. I've never had a regular tickle partner like you guys have, so it also makes sense I've never experienced that loss of interest that way.