More? Less? About the Same?

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

I was just wondering where everybody stands when it comes to ticklishness. Assuming you discovered you were ticklish(like it or not) as a kid, would you say you are more, less, or roughly as ticklish years later.

I am less, but only slightly so. I'm still sensitive to an almost debilitating level. My Dad told me a long time ago that I would probably grow to become less ticklish over time. It was one of the few times the old man was ever wrong. Even then, he basically WAS right, but somehow I was thinking I might be able to completely outgrow ticklishness. Silly me.

How `bout you?

 

[melanie2]

o i'm the same..just the thought of someone tickling my feet makes me curl up my toes and cringe, but in a good way...and to make things worse/better? during my last tickle session, which was the longest one..i never lost sensitivity..in fact it got more ticklish the longer he was on my feet...he said so..

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

o i'm the same..just the thought of someone tickling my feet makes me curl up my toes and cringe, but in a good way...and to make things worse/better? during my last tickle session, which was the longest one..i never lost sensitivity..in fact it got more ticklish the longer he was on my feet...he said so..

If there were such a thing as a tickling hierarchy that depended on one's sensitivity, people like you(and me) would be referred to as "The Doomed", Isabeau.

 

[NMKamikaze1]

I know I've said this before, but I've lost all my ticklishness when I turned 17.

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

I know I've said this before, but I've lost all my ticklishness when I turned 17.

That is interesting indeed. Don't tell me it happened on your birthday?
I kid, but it IS fascinating. Was there a certain event(s) in your life at the time that might have somehow contributed to this sudden, permanent loss of sensation, NMKamikaze?

 

[NMKamikaze1]

That is interesting indeed. Don't tell me it happened on your birthday?
I kid, but it IS fascinating. Was there a certain event(s) in your life at the time that might have somehow contributed to this sudden, permanent loss of sensation, NMKamikaze?

I'm not sure... All I can tell you is several weeks after my 17th birthday, my brother and I were rough-housing, he started tickling me, and it didn't work. At first, we both thought it didn't tickle cuz I was expecting it. Later that day, he caught me off-guard and it still didn't work. Just yesterday, one of my classmates tickled me and she got the same reaction... Nothing. Then, she paid for it...
:bouncy:

 

[kopfhorer1]

Ah, and I'll bet she paid most dearly!😉

I'm one of those people who isn't ticklish in the usual way, except for certain spots. Even then, I usually don't laugh when tickled there, I vocalize in other ways.

 

[Wade1]

I'm definitely more. I remember getting tickle-attacked in high school, and though I always eventually wound up helpless and crying uncle, I could put up a pretty good fight at first and even keep a straight face for a while. Nowadays the very threat of approaching fingers sends me into a doubled-over posture of giggling pleading and surrender.

 

[Meka1]

Rick always start good conversations.:redface:

Now that i think about it, i really can't remember being tickled much as a child. I remember seeing it alot and liking it whenever i did, but as far as being the victim i can't really remember. However, as a teenager i've been tickled alot, which was weird because it was almost like people new that i liked it. But even with that, i never had as good of a reaction that i do now. Honestly, Papi is the only person that can actually tickle me and tickle me good.

So, i guess i would say that i got more ticklish as i got older. ​

 

[Dr. Bill Kobb]

Hey! Thanks, Meka! I actually have a really difficult time coming up with thread ideas for this section. It's hard not to touch on stuff that's been done a zillion times already(either here or at the other place).

I'm finding this one particularly interesting due to the wide variety of answers thus far. I'm always looking for similarities, but seeing few if any thus far.