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Tickling and Mental Health

rambophat31

rambophat31

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Does anyone believe tickling affects mental health. In either negative and/or positive ways. As someone with AuDHD i feel like it helps my mental health. Under the right circumstances, of course. I was just wondering if anyone else felt like it helps or impacts their mental health in good or bad ways.
 
There a book called Laughter: A Scientific Investigation by Robert Provine that was written in the 90s or early 2000s that discusses laughter, and has a chapter on "ticklish laughter" as well.

Basically it is healthy as long as it is used in moderation which is different for most people.
You might be able to find an audio version of it on youtube or cheaper book review apps.

I've struggled with depression, and anxiety myself and it has definitely helped in many cases.
 
rambophat31 said:
Does anyone believe tickling affects mental health. In either negative and/or positive ways. As someone with AuDHD i feel like it helps my mental health. Under the right circumstances, of course. I was just wondering if anyone else felt like it helps or impacts their mental health in good or bad ways.
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I think mental health is a bit of a swinging variable.

Tickling I've noted in a few girlfriends can give a particular high in mood in the moment, but they seemed to have a sort of 😮‍💨 attitude after, even if they seemed to enjoy it. There was always this "I'd be fine if you didn't enjoy it so much" mindset.

But then again you also have people who love it.

Then you have this fetish scene that orients around it. I think it's more "serious" about it as people tend to post from the desired "supply/demand" mindset, which is ironically funny.

The tickling itself always seemed fun, but the tangled web that I've always looked at regarding the means has been. .. well. Yea. 🤔
 
I’ve always hoped that being tickled would help with my anxiety disorder, given how even a tickle can release a relaxation response. I’ve never been able to fully articulate this to make it a viable option, and honestly the prospect of others tickling me causes me some anxiety in itself. Definitely something I need to think about more, but will require me to be more open with people about my love of tickling.
 
Is this question for 'lees only? As a 'ler, I've noticed I experience a high from a tickle session much like I'd get after sex, but then there's a kind of crash back to reality that follows. It seems to last anywhere from days to weeks or even months, being that I only get to session occasionally. Then again, it also gives me something to look forward to in a way that I hadn't had in a very long time, so it's been a roller coaster ride mentally and emotionally for me, and I've wondered if this is typical for people who do them or if it's just me and my crazy weird brain 😆
 
yinzer said:
Is this question for 'lees only? As a 'ler, I've noticed I experience a high from a tickle session much like I'd get after sex, but then there's a kind of crash back to reality that follows. It seems to last anywhere from days to weeks or even months, being that I only get to session occasionally. Then again, it also gives me something to look forward to in a way that I hadn't had in a very long time, so it's been a roller coaster ride mentally and emotionally for me, and I've wondered if this is typical for people who do them or if it's just me and my crazy weird brain 😆
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There's a definite high that comes from controlled fits of laughter especially when its done with someone that you trust, or enjoy doing the act with.

I think it does more good overall as long as no boundaries are ignored and everyone involved has a good (or fantastic) time.
Here's to many more scientific studies that prove the point.😜🍻
 
I also wanted to mention, as a 'ler, I love that tickling potentially helps some ''lees this way, i.e., elevates their mood and possibly that sense of well-being I get as a 'ler?
 
yinzer said:
I also wanted to mention, as a 'ler, I love that tickling potentially helps some ''lees this way, i.e., elevates their mood and possibly that sense of well-being I get as a 'ler?
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Honestly, the times I've met those who claimed they "like tickling" were some of the craziest sessions with the craziest types that just totally dropped off after. Hence why I'm very skeptical.
 
duderino84 said:
Honestly, the times I've met those who claimed they "like tickling" were some of the craziest sessions with the craziest types that just totally dropped off after. Hence why I'm very skeptical.
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I get what you're saying, but I've been ghosted before by the crazies, and it had nothing to do with whether or not they liked tickling since that wasn't the type of relationship I had with them. Ghosting is unfortunately just what the crazies often do.
 
yinzer said:
I get what you're saying, but I've been ghosted before by the crazies, and it had nothing to do with whether or not they liked tickling since that wasn't the type of relationship I had with them. Ghosting is unfortunately just what the crazies often do.
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Oh I could tell there were underlying factors at play. .. just, they seemed so happy (it's tickling, maybe I should get it through my head it's JUST tickling) that I would kind of get it in my head "you finally found someone" and then poof, gone.
 
I was usually in a very good mood after getting tickled.
But now I have another question and I hope I am in the yhe rightr place to ask it. Okay here it goes, also take into account that I am very shy 97% of the time.
So has any one the "crazies" that's in therapy for mental health ever told their therapist about your fetish? I'm just just curious and have been considering telling mine. Am I really crazy for considering this. If any of the🤧😪 "crazies" want to talk privately, go on ahead. TIA Also I really have no one to confess to. I'm alone, no family, friends, that's hard as i guess i have pushed people away, and had pretty horrible sort of relationship with a unbelievably heinous violent narcissist, so therapy was necessary fir me and it's working for me. Ok now I realized that I wrote too much, does this make me one of the crazies?🤔😶‍🌫️🙄😪🤧
 
Leeshy said:
I was usually in a very good mood after getting tickled.
But now I have another question and I hope I am in the yhe rightr place to ask it. Okay here it goes, also take into account that I am very shy 97% of the time.
So has any one the "crazies" that's in therapy for mental health ever told their therapist about your fetish? I'm just just curious and have been considering telling mine. Am I really crazy for considering this. If any of the🤧😪 "crazies" want to talk privately, go on ahead. TIA Also I really have no one to confess to. I'm alone, no family, friends, that's hard as i guess i have pushed people away, and had pretty horrible sort of relationship with a unbelievably heinous violent narcissist, so therapy was necessary fir me and it's working for me. Ok now I realized that I wrote too much, does this make me one of the crazies?🤔😶‍🌫️🙄😪🤧
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I did tell my therapists about the fetish. The follow up question was always "Were you molested as a child?" After a brief awkward conversation that boiled down to "No, I just like tickling" they were generally pretty non-judgemental
 
duderino84 said:
Oh I could tell there were underlying factors at play. .. just, they seemed so happy (it's tickling, maybe I should get it through my head it's JUST tickling) that I would kind of get it in my head "you finally found someone" and then poof, gone.
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Right, as much as we'd like it to be the be all end all, or at least something more than it actually is to most people, tickling is just a small component of a complex relationship when it comes to romance. As if it's not complicated enough to find someone that cares about tickling as a kink/fetish! As if romance isn't the most impossible thing to make work well on its own! Now we're supposed to somehow try and combine the 2!?! 😂 🤣
 
MikeMenace said:
I did tell my therapists about the fetish. The follow up question was always "Were you molested as a child?" After a brief awkward conversation that boiled down to "No, I just like tickling" they were generally pretty non-judgemental
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I have an appointment tomorrow and I am really thinking about telling her about me with tickling ajd hope she doesn't think I'm serious crazy!!!🙃🤔🤭 Can i let you know what happens?
 
MikeMenace said:
I did tell my therapists about the fetish. The follow up question was always "Were you molested as a child?" After a brief awkward conversation that boiled down to "No, I just like tickling" they were generally pretty non-judgemental
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Hey,

Another therapist here...for them to jump to that conclusion is pretty wild all things considered. Fetishism doesn't automatically mean traumatic childhood moment.
 
BigDaddy212 said:
Hey,

Another therapist here...for them to jump to that conclusion is pretty wild all things considered. Fetishism doesn't automatically mean traumatic childhood moment.
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I believe that here, in Poland, it might be taught as part of some checklist they use to determine whether the client was victimized as a child.

They were chill about the fetish once I explained that it was not caused by trauma. But yeah, I was pretty baffled the first time I got asked that
 
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yinzer said:
Right, as much as we'd like it to be the be all end all, or at least something more than it actually is to most people, tickling is just a small component of a complex relationship when it comes to romance. As if it's not complicated enough to find someone that cares about tickling as a kink/fetish! As if romance isn't the most impossible thing to make work well on its own! Now we're supposed to somehow try and combine the 2!?! 😂 🤣
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I mean, if it's not the whole thing, what is it?
 
Leeshy said:
I have an appointment tomorrow and I am really thinking about telling her about me with tickling ajd hope she doesn't think I'm serious crazy!!!🙃🤔🤭 Can i let you know what happens?
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I think sometimes just coming clean about it is best.

I mean, I'm sure in my case, looking at my score card, it's prime time to share and see if someone can make some sense out of general life that I've determined a lot of is absurdity.

Part of it is.... I have sort of tried to shed away a lot of emotional vulnerability from dealing with people in general.
 
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