Sensory issue: Can't stand watching tickling

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Okay my aunt has these kids-one 5 and one 3. The 5 year old might have some form of autistic disorder and my aunt is a bit worried about that. Anyways they get... tickled... a lot. I can't stand it and I even had an outburst one time. I can't stand the word, the noises, the action, the everything related to it. Ugh... I always feel if the subject is brought up then it's been put on the persons mind and I'm there which means I might be next. I can't even stand being touched let alone.... tickled. My exboyfriend while we were dating brought it up once asking if I was.... ticklish... and I got mad at him for bringing up the subject. I'm terrified of tickling. I can't even stand several forms of touch let alone that. Anyone else have this issue? It makes my mom mad cause she uses the word a few times a week.

If people just talk about tickling it's okay, but I can't stand watching it either. Also can't stand seeing someone have physical pain or seeing someone react to really loud noises in his ears.

Some time ago I had a theory that this may be a distinct form of empathy that aspies/autistics have, but that NTs don't or at least not this strongly.
So while they have emotional empathy, instead I seem to have some sort of purely sensory empathy. Do you agree with that idea?

I feel the same way. I can't stand watching it or receiving it. When I was younger my dad would do what he called "tickle torture" with me and my sister and it actually was torture for me. I would cry and beg for it to stop. He thought it was funny. He would even be straddling over me so I couldn't get up. My dad doesn't understand my sensory problems or aspergers in general. My mom never dared tickle me. She thinks its awful too. She didn't know my dad was doing that to me though because my parents were divorced. She feels bad she didn't know. I advise any parent to never tickle their child.