Why some people can tickle themselves still unanswered

[Laughthirsty Lr]

This is a subject that is becoming a much talked about thing among doctors, in online articles and discussions on forums.
There was a time when this sort of thing was hardly talked about at all but, with the expansion of the internet and a new generation of users, more overall information on just about everything is now being shared and discussed.
Here are some links that I found last night while doing a search on this subject. Make sure that you also read the reader comments as a lot of them contradict the opinions of the researchers and doctors.
The last three links are google searchers that I provided for those wanting to look deeper in to this subject.

https://www.reddit.com/r/schizophrenia/comments/5dbfu0/can_you_tickle_yourself/

https://theconversation.com/why-we-cant-tickle-ourselves-59698

https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlik..._why_is_it_that_we_cant_tickle_ourselves_and/

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1......0...1..64.psy-ab..0.1.120....0.ezcFlCrHacA

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1...46k1j0i131i46k1j46i131k1j0i67k1.0.gJvE291QkPk

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1...13i30k1j0i8i10i30k1j0i13i5i30k1.0.uE1GwYuZ0QY

 

[DaDude]

Impossible. They cant

 

[VegLife]

I just think there is at least two physical responses to tickling; the stimulation of nerve endings which you wouldn’t need someone else to do especially on highly sensitive areas with so many nerve endings like the feet and spaces closer/on private areas, then there are areas like ribs or knees etc where you don’t have to react with the skin that are solely triggering a flight or fight reflex which can be overcome when knowing your body isn’t in a vulnerable state. So with that it would make sense why you can tickle you feet or stroke skin and feel it cause your exciting neurons, but when you squeeze your own ribs or thighs you won’t react cause your body is in control of your actions rather than being vulnerable to someone else’s. Just a theory, didn’t read the links so sorry if I just repeated a theory haha