female pov
All of those are good tricks for sure. Some can be devastating, some not, some like pot or booze can actually abate the sensation.
There's many tricks that can alter it to some degree one way or another; headspace for sure, how they're feeling that day, atmosphere of room, no tension, a hot bubble bath, building them up all day about it (though this is really a part of headspace). I've played with the best and most creative at this and have seen them take a non-ticklish person and have them howling and have learned such ways myself!
However all tricks aside, I've also learned that what it really boils down to is the victim. It's how you're born, wired. Ticklish-ness is caused by how close your nerve endings are to the undersurface of your skin. That's it. I mean you can get pedicures and keep your skin soft and all, but you can't alter or change that :sad:
In my opinion, if I have a victim who is not really ticklish and I have to work that dang hard at it- it's just not worth it. I want someone who really loses it.
Kay