The fact that I am not alone changed everything for me

[Tenebrae]

Hey all,

Just a thought that I've had but never thought about posting. Before I had the Internet, I used to believe that I was the only person in the world with a tickling fetish. Literally, the only one.

I don't know for you, I find the fact that there are many of us around the world extremely comforting. It gives me strength and played a big part in my teens in my process of self-acceptance. It does not matter how "niche" we are, the fact that there are several of us really works as an everlasting antidepressant for me.

I'm just curious: does it work the same for you?

 

[chicago]

I never thought I was alone because I watched a lot of tv growing up and Law & Order SVU told me there were some super kinky folk out there. I definitely never expected there to be as many people as there seemed to be when I found TMF though.

Personally, going to gatherings really solidified the idea that it's not weird.

 

[Tenebrae]

I never thought I was alone because I watched a lot of tv growing up and Law & Order SVU told me there were some super kinky folk out there. I definitely never expected there to be as many people as there seemed to be when I found TMF though.

Personally, going to gatherings really solidified the idea that it's not weird.

TBH I never thought my tickling fetish was "weird", but rather a thing that I was the only one in the world to have. Just like you, a lot of movies and TV series taught me that I definitely was not the only one to have sadistic (in my case) feelings. But tickling? It was nowhere to be seen. Even as a child, I knew that the tickling scenes I could see in cartoons and Australian TV shows and whatnot were "placeholders" for something that couldn't be shown on morning television. There was nothing that made me feel like it was quite IT.

That is until I typed some keywords in (at the time) Yahoo search. I got lucky, I got to the cream of the crop. I will always remember, the first two results were Franco Saudelli's drawings and Realtickling's homepage. At the time, their most recent release was Dungeon of Reversal.

I remember staring at that price tag. SO THERE IS A MARKET FOR THIS, I thought. It meant people PAID MONEY to see this. It meant that not only there were many like me, it also meant that I was not alone. It really blew my mind.

I don't know how else to put it: I felt good. I felt legit. I felt validated. I knew things would only get better from that point on, and more than 15 years later I can say I was right. It's a strange feeling.

I dunno if any of y'all will relate, but I am curious 😉

Thank you for being the first to share, Chi. In France we got SVU much later than y'all, so I can't say I it played a big part in my personal development, but I love it all the same 😀

 

[chicago]

I just meant that it wasn't as "odd" "uncommon" "out of the ordinary" "atypical" "unusual" (whatever synonym you prefer) as I had originally thought.

 

[Tenebrae]

I just meant that it wasn't as "odd" "uncommon" "out of the ordinary" "atypical" "unusual" (whatever synonym you prefer) as I had originally thought.

Don't mind me, English is not my mother language 😉 This is not the first time I'm off the mark and it will not be the last 😀

 

[WheresThe Clip?]

I found that as the internet evolved, and the phrase 'Ticking Fetish' became part of the culture, it gave me a legitimacy and sexual identity that was previously lacking.

 

[robmic]

Hey, for those of us that grew up looooooong before the "internet", there were tickling in cartoons, TV, heck, even in Disney movies! So, someone had to have the bug! In real life, yeah, a little harder to find. But like us, they probably kept any feelings a closely guarded secret for fear of being thought of as "different".

 

[lostphilosopher]

My experience has been very similar to yours and joining this site has helped a lot. I have also found comfort in knowing I am not alone in a world where it's extremely easy to feel that way. Keep on keeping on my friend.

"The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when they get to know each other."

 

[duderino84]

I've had some "breakthroughs" in tickling with people where I felt "good" for a while, but I always felt kind of like people are pointed in what I basically just refer to as "pornhub sex", like if you're going to have a direction than specifically dirtier than average was more identifying as acceptable. Like you know when you hear people go "usually other guys just want to go have sex, this was pretty nice" that you're doing something that could be construed as odd.

Now in other fetishes like the long hair thing (like instagram interactions) people seem to get me but it could be wishful thinking lol.

 

[Sensualswitch10]

I alternated a few times in life between thinking I was the only one and thinking that everyone was into it, but terrified of being outed. Thinking back, both were very strange ways of viewing it. Attending gatherings and meeting the awesome people who are now among my best friends helped me accept that it's normal and ok. If these wonderful folk are into it too, it must be alright. <3

 

[MeatyBreastedDullness]

Compared to some of the other kinks out there, Tickling is probably one of the most tame and "normal" ones.

 

[Sensualswitch10]

Compared to some of the other kinks out there, Tickling is probably one of the most tame and "normal" ones.

Agreed. We are blessed to have the best fetish ever! 😉
I wonder how many (if any) other kink communities produce such great friendships and camaraderie.

 

[FFT32]

I never thought I was alone because I watched a lot of tv growing up and Law & Order SVU told me there were some super kinky folk out there. I definitely never expected there to be as many people as there seemed to be when I found TMF though.

Personally, going to gatherings really solidified the idea that it's not weird.

Same here, I never thought I was alone with my tickle fetish. In fact, as I saw cartoons and scenes on tv that were tickle related and then discovered tickling content in books, magazines, etc. I was really happy that tickling was a "thing"and embraced it. I was maybe too excited if anything, lol.

 

[Enzo_Noir]

i spent most of my adolescence feeling very isolated for many reasons the least of which not being my kink, but this forum has definitely acted as a sort of road map in my journey towards self-acceptance over the years.

 

[Ticklerguy4u]

I can't say I've ever felt alone but I did feel like I was different from all my friends growing up. Whereas I thought about it more often (as far as I know) then they did. When seeing on tv I would think if only the scene lasted longer. So, yeah I was happy when I found others that shared my fetish.

 

[Valsyn95]

In fact, as I saw cartoons and scenes on tv that were tickle related and then discovered tickling content in books, magazines, etc.

Cartoons especially 🙂 I think most of us started from that point

I can't say I've ever felt alone but I did feel like I was different from all my friends growing up.

Same, different, but never alone.

 

[weezl]

I feel the same way. When I discovered the internet; tickling paradise, real tickling, and there were companies that sold videos of the stuff, it blew my mind. Pay them the right $, hot girls are willing to get paid to be tied up and tickled? And some of them actually enjoy it. First time I learned about this industry was the best day of my life.

Now if I could just earn enough money to hire a girl full time to be my tickle slave, it'd be another dream come true.

 

[Yote]

I used to think I was the only one, but I didn't really care that much. I've never felt ashamed about my fetish or isolated because of it. I'm not open about it because I treat my fetishes as personal things.

There internet was around before I was born and I used it for most of my life, but I didn't know tickling fetish content existed for a long time because I believed that nothing would come up if I looked up "tickle porn" or something. But I finally tried one day to see what would come up, and I think I got a little too happy when I found out it indeed existed. 😛 Though it wasn't until the later 2010s when I learned how big the tickling community really was, got familiar with tickling studios, etc. As for TMF, I didn't discover it until about a mere 2 years ago.

I don't treat TFM as a source of comfort per say. It's just another place online to enjoy in my free time.

 

[mainlord]

Hey all,

Just a thought that I've had but never thought about posting. Before I had the Internet, I used to believe that I was the only person in the world with a tickling fetish. Literally, the only one.

I don't know for you, I find the fact that there are many of us around the world extremely comforting. It gives me strength and played a big part in my teens in my process of self-acceptance. It does not matter how "niche" we are, the fact that there are several of us really works as an everlasting antidepressant for me.

I'm just curious: does it work the same for you?

Same here. The first time I knew I wasn't alone was few years before Internet, in 1994. I bought a "Leg Show" magazine, where I found a fictional tickling story. My life changed after that. Then, of course, when Internet came, my whole world changed.

 

[SmashTV]

I knew I liked nylon feet from an early age, even if I didn’t understand it, but eventually heard the term ‘foot fetish’ on TV or in films, and realised that this was what I had. This was in the mid 80s to early 90s during my teens, and it showed me that I wasn’t alone. After all, if it was actual terminology then there must be a reason behind it, right? Using that logic, I reckoned there must be others into tickling as well.

I searched tickling online circa 1998, and the rest is history!

Cheers, everybody,
SmashTV

 

[tommytikl]

I remember back in the 80's looking up at the adult magazine rack and seeing Penthouse, Playboy, Hustler, all tits basically and then I saw Leg Show.
I didn't even touch it or open it Just the fact there was a magazine dedicated to the lower half of the body was enough for me to know I wasn't weird for liking the lower half of the female body
THEN I actually opened one and saw a story about tickling and a photo shoot and was like holy shit I'm not alone.