Is it possible to make yourself un ticklish?

[Julia1996]

Hi everyone.  I've heard people say they can make themselves unticklish. If so, does anyone know how it can be done? I've always been extremely ticklish and hrt seems to have made me even more so. Growing up my dad and brother tickled the living crap out of me. Well my brother still does, it's like one of the ultimately annoying things he does to mess with me. And my boyfriend finds it really fun to tickle the crap out of me too. If anyone knows how to do it I would totally love to be able to become unticklish. This is another weird guy thing. If a guy knows your really ticklish or finds out you are, it's like they can't resist tickling the holy crap out of you. Even Tyler's friends would tickle the life out of me if they could catch me when I was growing up which surprised me because I didn't think guys tickled each other. Maybe it was because his friends were a lot bigger than me or maybe they didn't really consider me a boy even back then, who knows with guys.  I did ask Tyler why guys liked to tickle people and he said it was because if the person was really ticklish and squirmed and thrashed around a lot, it was really fun and it's a good way to mess with someone without really hurting them. I've said it many times before and I'll say it again, guys are SO WEIRD!

[Dena]

The trick is to think about something other than the place that's being tickled. Think about work, cooking dinner or a TV show but if you pay attention to the tickling, you will feel it more. In addition, don't struggle or wiggle as that just encourages them and they will keep it up longer.

[Lady Sarah]

I am so ticklish, I don't think there is a way to stop being ticklish. However, rather than squirm around, I fight back. It bothers me that much. Phillip tries to get away with it, even though he keeps begging me not to break his fingers. Some guys just never learn.

[Julia1996]

I am so ticklish, I don't think there is a way to stop being ticklish. However, rather than squirm around, I fight back. It bothers me that much. Phillip tries to get away with it, even though he keeps begging me not to break his fingers. Some guys just never learn.

Tristan and Tyler are so much bigger and stronger than I am trying to fight back is pretty much pointless.

[ChrissyRyan]

Probably you could be successful at staying away from the tickler or thinking about something awful some of the times that you think you are about to be tickled, that may help.  But, it is likely not easy to no longer be ticklish.

Most people cannot tickle themselves to get themselves to laugh, that reaction comes from someone other than yourself tickling you.

Chrissy.

[Kylo]

It's possible to be too drunk to feel anything

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My brother used to try tickling my foot when we were kids and I would attempt to show no reaction at all. You can do it, but it kinda depends how good a tickler the person is. A master tickler will try different things, until they get a reaction. My brother wasn't a master tickler.

[Maddie86]

I'm not sure if there's a way, but I do want to share a tickle story! A year or so ago I was at my friend's house and I knew he was ticklish, so when he went upstairs I told his 6 year old daughter to go up and tickle him, she got a big grin on her face and said she would do it. a minute later I heard him yell "ow! vivian! stop poking me!", I died laughing

[Laurie]

  Hi Julia,

   I used to be ticklish but now I can almost always control it. It really is a matter of mind over matter. You have to have resolve that you will not respond to it and eventually you won't. I treated it as a mere annoyance and stopped responding to the tickle. Now I just ignore it.

Hugs,
   Laurie

[Faith]

I am more ticklish now than I was a year ago. By coming to accept myself and face who I am and allow my emotional side some freedom it also gave freer rein to my tickle spot. BTW, my wife loves it.

Feet and knees are off-limits though, they are sensitive to the point of pain.

I say, give in and accept the attention and enjoy it .. or pee on him and make him suffer

[Kylo]

Tickle weakness points shifted over time for me.

Years ago it was my feet. Now someone can tickle them and I'll just keep a straight face if I want to.

But the weak point is now the ribs. If someone tickles there or attempts to give me a dig there from behind, I not only react but I will get up and move to get them away from me. It's even worse than being tickled, it's like being shocked.

The SO will do it knowing full well he might as well be trying to set fire to a cat's tail. Maybe he needs a lesson himself so he'll stop doing it. "I'll kill you" clearly doesn't register as much of a threat. He needs to be pinned down next time and have it done to him. But he deliberately chooses to do it when he knows I'm working at my desk and too busy to get up and exact revenge.

[Evienne]

I have tried when I was younger but it never really worked.
I would have someone tickle me and I would physically say "ok brain, I will be tickled here in the stomach" (to make myself very consciously aware) but nope. It still would make me laugh. I'm still sensitive in the stomach today.

One change that happened though was my feet used to be SO sensitive that I could actually tickle myself there. I can't anymore but anyone else sure can. That just happened over time though.

[David1987]

I used to be ticklish in the neck. I didn't like it so I tickled myself until eventually I stopped being ticklish there. It was like 20 years ago so I don't remember how I did it, but I think I used feathers, or pens, or something more unpredictable than my fingers to tickle myself. I think it's just feeling more used to be touched in the ticklish areas.

[GordonG]

Yes! Absolutely! I know because I've done it. It's a matter of your mind deciding not to be ticklish. Most people can't tickle themselves,  that proves that it is all in your head.

[MaryT]

I can't remember the last time anyone tried to tickle me or I tried to tickle someone else.

Julia, be kind to Tyler and Tristan and DON'T make yourself unticklish.

[LexieDragon]

Oh gods...

I hate being tickled. It actually causes me a form a real pain...

I have tried my entire life to shut it off, but I just can not...

Sigh, at least the GF finally got the idea after nearly 9 years together.

[Julia1996]

I can't remember the last time anyone tried to tickle me or I tried to tickle someone else.

Julia, be kind to Tyler and Tristan and DON'T make yourself unticklish.

There's not much chance of that since I've never been able to do it yet. I always considered Tyler to be extra annoying and obnoxious because he so enjoys tickling me, hiding rubber roaches in my dresser and bathroom drawers, hiding around corners and in closets so he can jump out and scare the life out of me and finding creative ways to mess with me. But after seeing Tristan play with his brothers the stuff Tyler does is quite mild. The first time I ever saw Tristan and his brothers fooling around I was quite shocked. One of his brothers came up behind him and just slapped him across the back of the head. So Tristan throws him on the ground and twists his arm. Then his other brother piles on and they all exchange face slaps, head locks and arm punches. I would have thought I was watching a bar fight or something except they were all laughing and seemed to be having a great deal of fun. Guys are SO WEIRD! ! I also thought it was weird that his parents made no effort to make them stop and they didn't even say anything to them except his mom yelled at them to be careful not to knock over her floorlamp. Aussies are interesting people. They are extremely laid back and mellow.

[LexieDragon]

There's not much chance of that since I've never been able to do it yet. I always considered Tyler to be extra annoying and obnoxious because he so enjoys tickling me, hiding rubber roaches in my dresser and bathroom drawers, hiding around corners and in closets so he can jump out and scare the life out of me and finding creative ways to mess with me. But after seeing Tristan play with his brothers the stuff Tyler does is quite mild. The first time I ever saw Tristan and his brothers fooling around I was quite shocked. One of his brothers came up behind him and just slapped him across the back of the head. So Tristan throws him on the ground and twists his arm. Then his other brother piles on and they all exchange face slaps, head locks and arm punches. I would have thought I was watching a bar fight or something except they were all laughing and seemed to be having a great deal of fun. Guys are SO WEIRD! ! I also thought it was weird that his parents made no effort to make them stop and they didn't even say anything to them except his mom yelled at them to be careful not to knock over her floorlamp. Aussies are interesting people. They are extremely laid back and mellow.

Well if there was a lingering question in my mind as to which gender is dominant in me that description of "Guy Behavior" just settled it...Even my brother and I fencing as kids had a lot of rules and very little risk of real injury...