Are you ticklish?
Some people are extraordinarily, almost painfully, ticklish. Others do not respond at all to being tickled. Both reactions are entirely normal, so anybody who tells someone who is not ticklish, ‘No sense, no feeling’ is ill-advised.
Everyone in my family is extremely ticklish – everyone, that is, apart from me. I have never been rendered helpless with laughter at being tickled, though I love to hear young children giggling when they’re being tickled, and that makes me laugh.
I may have slightly ticklish feet, but I can control the reaction to tickling. I always have the sense that I’m disappointing everyone by not being ticklish, but I can’t pretend.
Even my dogs are ticklish, particularly their feet, but not my cats.
Is there any advantage to being ticklish? Is it better not to be ticklish? Does it matter? (No, not at all!)
Sometimes my fancy is tickled.
ReplyDeleteHa ha!
DeleteQuite the best response!
DeleteCan't say I'm particularly ticklish but I always laugh when someone tries to tickle me. Just a bit of fun
ReplyDeleteTickling hurts if you're not ticklish. 😮
DeleteI don't think I am ticklish, but can't be sure. I don't think anyone has tried to tickle me, I certainly can't remember and it doesn't work if you try to tickle yourself. I do get "tickled pink" when things work out just right.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to be tickled pink!
DeleteAside from my feet, I am not really ticklish. When having a pedicure I've learnt to control myself, almost. The pedicurist always watches my face to see if I will crack.
ReplyDeleteThat's a challenge for the pedicurist.
DeleteTo me there is a world of difference between a light touch on the feet being a tickle and the industrial prod in the ribs that my OH calls a tickle and which I can only describe as painful and annoying. My feet aren't ticklish - I call that enjoyable, stress relieving, relaxing. A prod in the ribs (or worse, the tummy button) just makes me feel nauseous.
ReplyDeleteI 've had people try to 'prove' that I'm ticklish and it hurts.
DeleteDon't touch my feet, I'm ticklish everywhere else.
ReplyDeleteNow we know!
DeleteI am very ticklish, especially my feet. If anyone wanted to torture me to find out all my secrets, just remove my socks.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure tickling would be a kinder torture than pulling out fingernails.
DeleteI was always extremely ticklish growing up and my brother took great delight in this fact.
ReplyDeleteBrothers cannot be trusted . . .
DeleteI'm a bit ticklish on the feet. I made my husband stop doing that tickle thing every time he'd pass by me with my feet up on the recliner. It never really felt good, just a thing that happens.
ReplyDeleteSometimes they just have to be told . . .
DeleteI am ticklish though it's lessened with age, but not my feet; don't touch my feet!
ReplyDeleteDoes Carlos know? 😮
DeleteI became much less ticklish as I aged except on my feet. Actually, I haven't been tickled in a while so I don't know for sure!
ReplyDeleteTickling seems to be something that younger people (children) indulge in.
ReplyDeleteI am very ticklish but it's a sad fact that no one has wanted to tickle me for years 😉😂
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
Aww, I'm sure that's not true. 😊
ReplyDeleteYes! Very embarrassing when I get a pedicure.
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DeleteOnce in Turkey, Shirley and I went in a bath house for cleansing and massage. When the masseur attempted to scrub the soles of my feet I went into fits of uncontrollable laughter that compromised my bladder control. He tried two or three times with the same uproarious result and then gave up.
ReplyDeleteI'm ticklish, but I was never a fan of being tickled
ReplyDeleteIt's too easy to assume that being tickled is enjoyable!
DeleteThat's an extreme reaction . . .
ReplyDeleteI'm not particularly ticklish, especially not at my feet, but on both sides of my waist if someone pinches me. Rosie isn't ticklish at all either. I don't think being ticklish affects one's character. If it did, I'd be in a bad mood all the time.
ReplyDeleteMe, too!
DeleteI was very ticklish when I was younger but the reaction has receded with age. (Or maybe no one tickles me anymore!)
ReplyDeleteAww!
DeleteI am, actually, not extremely so, but still ... xxx
ReplyDeleteEnough to be enjoyable, maybe . . .
DeleteGoodness me! Now you have me researching 'Why Are We Ticklish'
ReplyDeleteI didn't have that scheduled for my Friday evening time :)
Here is my latest read:-
https://www.prevention.com/health/a60501754/why-are-we-ticklish/
I'm off to make an evening cuppa now - have a great weekend.
All the best Jan
I like 'gargalesis,' though I doubt I'll remember it!
DeleteI am ticklish and especially my feet are so sensitive which makes it difficult for me to enjoy a nice pedicure.. My husband is not ticklish at all.
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DeleteI used to be ticklish under my feet but now it's pretty numb because of my diabetes. Now I wish I were still ticklish.
ReplyDeleteOh, dear, that's a shame.
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