can you tickle yourself?

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16 Feb 2005, 7:54 pm

i can tickle myself....but i remember reading some things that said this was impossible. Maybe this is an AS thing....maybe not.

i guess i'll also throw in--are you tickleish?

JayShaw
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16 Feb 2005, 8:12 pm

I am unable to tickle myself. I am ticklish, though, unfortunately.

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16 Feb 2005, 8:13 pm

No, I can not tickle myself, though I am very ticklish when it comes to other people tickling me.

Maybe you are just extra-uber ticklish .

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16 Feb 2005, 8:44 pm

I can not tickle myself as I am not ticklish. Never have been, don't want to be.

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16 Feb 2005, 9:41 pm

Now just where are you tickling yourself that makes it so impossible?

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16 Feb 2005, 9:56 pm

Can't say I've ever tried to tickle myself or ever desired to but I do have some 'control' over my level of being ticklish though.

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16 Feb 2005, 10:12 pm

This site has an article about tickling yourself.

http://science.howstuffworks.com/question511.htm

newal101587
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16 Feb 2005, 10:28 pm

thanks

but this paragraph contradicts itself

Quote:

So, if someone else's touch can tickle us, why can't we tickle ourselves? Much of the explanation for this question is still unknown, but research has shown that the brain is trained to know what to feel when a person moves or performs any function. We aren't aware of a lot of the sensations generated by our movements. For example, you probably don't pay much attention to your vocal cords when you speak. For the same reason, we can't tickle ourselves. If we grab our sides in an attempt to tickle ourselves, our brain anticipates this contact from the hands and prepares itself for it. By taking away the feeling of unease and panic, the body no longer responds the same as it would if someone else were to tickle us.

o well
anyway i dont really feel like explianing but it's pretty obvious

Therblig
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16 Feb 2005, 10:50 pm

I can tickle my stomach to no end and occasionally my feet or back of the knee... I always thought it was odd I could do that.

newal101587
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16 Feb 2005, 10:56 pm

same here exactly

MrMeaner
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16 Feb 2005, 11:32 pm

i can tickle some parts like the roof of my mouth (right behind the teeth) and my feet are real sensitive after i take my socks off if i've been wearing them all day

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17 Feb 2005, 12:00 am

I'm a pretty ticklish person, but I can't really tickle myself. The only way I can tickle myself is if I squeeze right above my knee caps.

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17 Feb 2005, 6:11 am

I detest being tickled, it usually makes me scream rather than laugh which the kids find hilarious and so do it even more. It seems to make my skin all sensitised and my skin seems to crawl for a while after the tickling has stopped.

As I don't get the 'normal' reaction from tickling its hard to say if I can tickle myself or not- if I touch myself too lightly I get the same feelings as I do when being 'tickled' but I'm not sure if that counts.

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schnerd
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17 Feb 2005, 6:43 am

Any where I try to tickle myself I'm not ticklish. I'm not ticklish when other people try to tickle me, either.
Another wayI am a freak of nature :lol:

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17 Feb 2005, 11:50 am

No I haven't ever been able to tickle myself, and I am very surprised that you can!! ! That's something you should be proud of the self-tickling aspie!

Haven't you guys ever wonder what's the "function" of tickling? I haven't read anything about it, but I can clearly see that it represents a defensive adaptation to protect sensitive areas of the body. When some object is directed at your tummy, your neck, or arms pit, you whole body withdraws away from it. I don't why Laughing is involved though!! !

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17 Feb 2005, 12:14 pm

As soon as I read this, I tried tickling myself. Didn't work. And before I forget to ask, is being tickled painful to anyone else? I never understood how I can laugh when I'm in so much pain.

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