Tickling & Psychiatry

[FAIS]

I took the leap of faith to trust a woman and told her about my tickle fetish. She initially told me that it's childish stuff and then suggested me to see a psychiatrist deeming it to be not normal.

 

[milagros317]

When I was 30 years old (in 1980) and engaged to be married, my fiance suggested that I see a psychiatrist because my erotic interests (tickling and women's feet) were not normal to her. Being in love and not wanting to lose her, I began seeing one.

After four months, he told me that there was nothing wrong with my eroticism, but that what I needed was a willing adult partner. I was foolish enough to not take his advice for another three months when the engagement broke up and the relationship ended.

I have not seen a psychiatrist since then. I wish you luck.

 

[ImNotDave]

I took the leap of faith to trust a woman and told her about my tickle fetish. She initially told me that it's childish stuff and then suggested me to see a psychiatrist deeming it to be not normal.

I assume you will no longer be speaking to this judgemental woman? Hopefully you have better people in your life than her.

 

[FAIS]

I was considering a relationship with her knowing she liked me. But not anymore.

 

[FAIS]

When I was 30 years old (in 1980) and engaged to be married, my fiance suggested that I see a psychiatrist because my erotic interests (tickling and women's feet) were not normal to her. Being in love and not wanting to lose her, I began seeing one.

After four months, he told me that there was nothing wrong with my eroticism, but that what I needed was a willing adult partner. I was foolish enough to not take his advice for another three months when the engagement broke up and the relationship ended.

I have not seen a psychiatrist since then. I wish you luck.

Thank You sir. You took out all doubts from my mind.

 

[GarnettRose]

Being a therapist, a good one should be kind and understanding. I've seen kinks of all kinds and so long as everyone is practicing risk aware consensual kink, it's just another way to connect to a partner. Kinks can be be beautiful and intimate when shared with a trusting partner. I'm so sorry you had that experience. That's super shitty.

 

[tickle_prince]

I think it always takes courage when your bearing your soul or most inner desires to someone, and it can be very off putting when it doesn't go right and you get burned, I never been with a kink partner myself, all my partners have been vanilla, and over time I either got the opportunity to tell them or they just worked it out on their own. I never been burn as per say, I had a partner who didn't understand it but she was eager to learn about it as she knew it was something I like, So I would say, don't get to down about this case not working out, I know its not nice, but there are people out there who don't find it weird and in some cases willing to learn about it

 

[duderino84]

So, true story, for a few years I worked in a particular place that used the cuffs occasionally, not porn. From what I recall hearing, psychiatrists primarily deal with diagnosis and brain chemistry, psychologists deal with the feelings end of things.

I doubt tickling fetish is something you were predetermined to have. I think it's a sexual insecurity.

That being said, if girlfriend can't take enough of you to fix or work with your glitch, dump her. You'll both be happier.

 

[Pragmatic]

Does your interest/kink/fetish cause you personal distress? Disrupt your daily life? Hurt others who are unwilling? Prevent you from living a "fulfilling" life?

Or is the problem only that an outsider person who will neither benefit from or be burdened by your "unique" interest and is not a permanent part of your daily life find it "weird"?

Do you want to see a therapist and be "fixed" of this non-problem you have?

I don't care what the answers are because they are none of my business. But you should ask yourself these types of questions before you turn yourself into a medical "professional" persons paycheck just because a random person who is not worth your time and energy has a different interest than you do.

 

[Jezebel Lee]

I took the leap of faith to trust a woman and told her about my tickle fetish. She initially told me that it's childish stuff and then suggested me to see a psychiatrist deeming it to be not normal.

Sounds like she’s kink-shaming you. I know it’s easier said than done but try not to take it to heart. Some people will just never understand.