can tickling break even the toughest people?

[damdu]

can tickling break anyone

 

[ihatethisyo]

can tickling break anyone

I really think so! That’s what makes ticklishness such a unique phenomenon; it doesn’t discriminate.

From my personal experience, there has been no correlation between ticklishness and toughness. Some of the most intense people I know were super ticklish. And on the other hand, some of the sweetest and most gentle people I’ve met were barely ticklish at all.

At the end of the day, I think ticklishness is much more psychological than physical. And I personally believe anyone can be ticklish given the ideal circumstances/mood/situation. (Even if it’s not all the time)

EDIT: I don’t know what constitutes as “breaking”. I suppose that’s also more subjective than we’d like to admit. Therefore my comment should be read more just in regards to general ticklishness

 

[fightinggirl666]

It obviously can't if the tough person is not ticklish or hardly ticklish. The fact will always remain true no matter how much some will pretend it isn't.

 

[WickedTouch]

can tickling break anyone

Definitely not! As was said, some people aren't even ticklish. Even for those that are, there are varying degrees of ticklishness. Even still, for those that are very ticklish, their outward presenting reactions are likely very different from their inner experience, which in turn is likely very different from the next person's. Much like how three different people can look at something that is the color red. The first person may be color blind and not be able to perceive that it is red at all. The remaining two people may see that it is red and recognize it as red, but can never be certain that what they are seeing and experiencing as red is the same as what the other person is seeing and experiencing as red.

But for many people that are very ticklish, you can make them say or do anything for just a moment of relief. Umm, not that I'd be interested in those types of people or anything...It's just an observation!

 

[Hiphophooray2]

If they're ticklish enough it might, otherwise I'd have major doubts.

 

[BlueLine7045]

I was going to write a whole entire post about the complexity and science behind tickling, but going back to your question, I see that it is not necessary. You asked, "Can tickling break anyone?" and quite simply the answer is no. It's not even up for debate.

As others have pointed out, there are many people out there who aren't the slightest bit ticklish. There are other people out there who love being tickled, so they may never break.

If you want to jump more in-depth. There's also the psychology behind it. In what situation are we using tickling to break someone and who is this person?

There was an old video I watched on YouTube where they did a tickle experiment with several couples who didn't know each other. They randomly paired men and women up and had them tickle each other, and found that when two strangers were paired up, their ticklishness generally decreased. However, when the couple was paired up, they were much more responsive to the tickling.

So how does the above relate to your question? Well in stressful or uncomfortable situations, contrary to fetish stories and videos on here, humans tend to become less and less ticklish. This is also why I don't think tickling could ever be used as a legitimate means of torture against spies or foreign agents to "break anyone". The stress of being captured and then tortured for information would, in my belief, severely dampen the captured person's ticklishness.

TL;DR = No, tickling cannot break everyone. Also, when a person is truly and completely broken by tickling can also be a further point of discussion.

 

[BlueLine7045]

I really think so! That’s what makes ticklishness such a unique phenomenon; it doesn’t discriminate.

From my personal experience, there has been no correlation between ticklishness and toughness. Some of the most intense people I know were super ticklish. And on the other hand, some of the sweetest and most gentle people I’ve met were barely ticklish at all.

At the end of the day, I think ticklishness is much more psychological than physical. And I personally believe anyone can be ticklish given the ideal circumstances/mood/situation. (Even if it’s not all the time)

Not to double post here, but I STRONGLY disagree with your assertion that ANYONE can be ticklish. As someone who frequently, FREQUENTLY runs into women who are legitimately not ticklish, and as someone who has been attempting to tickle their female best friend (on practically every tickle spot known to man) for damn near a decade now without any luck, I'm going to say not everyone is ticklish. We can either accept this or not, but those of us who choose not to accept it are not going to have a good time...

Just because we choose not to believe something doesn't mean it isn't true.

 

[ihatethisyo]

Not to double post here, but I STRONGLY disagree with your assertion that ANYONE can be ticklish.

Thanks for chiming in! I don’t ever want to invalidate your experiences and I’m sorry to hear about all the disappointing encounters you’ve had with non-ticklish women.

If you don’t mind, I would like to offer a more nuanced perspective. I think healthy discourse is good for this forum so don’t take it personally at all. Although keep in mind, most of what people say on this forum is anecdotal and it is for me as well, so take it all with a grain of salt.

I regret not elaborating as much in my original comment, but I think the key phrases that I should’ve alluded to were “CAN be” and “not all the time”.

This is just my experience, but everyone I’ve met who have said that they weren’t ticklish were either never properly tickled OR they were simply “not ticklish in most situations”. But once I dove deeper into the conversations with them, often times they would say that they were ticklish earlier in their lifetime and that they are just “not anymore” currently. Or that they’re only ticklish when a certain individual tickles them, like a sibling or a parent, or a romantic partner. Or when they’re tickled by surprise etc.

I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who was 100% absolutely not ticklish ever in their lifetime. There was always some conditional. And it’s usually that they were ticklish before but built various levels of resistance to it over time. But again, I won’t speak for everyone. This is just my experience.

Overall, I 100% still believe that tickling is circumstantial, relational and psychological. Sometimes it takes a lot of ideal factors to align for certain individuals to just be ever so slightly ticklish. And on the other hand, some people can just be tickle tortured by anyone easily with no conditions needed

Unfortunately for us, what this also means is that we personally won’t always be the best tickler for someone, if at all. As good of a tickler as I believe I am, I acknowledge that I won’t always be able to get someone to react. But I firmly believe that chances are someone else out there could probably do better than me for that specific individual. Unless the individual just doesn’t have that relational capacity with anyone.

As someone who frequently, FREQUENTLY runs into women who are legitimately not ticklish, and as someone who has been attempting to tickle their female best friend (on practically every tickle spot known to man

So in regard to your friend, do you know if she was ever ticklish before in her childhood? Do you know if she has a romantic partner or a sibling that has ever tickled her? Has anyone tried tickling her post orgasm lol?

Unless she has physical nerve damage, I highly doubt that she’s never felt anything tickle her before in her past. I think all these things are worth asking. Even if it means you can’t effectively tickle her, I would hope you could take solace in the fact that maybe someone else potentially could. Just my opinion.

 

[4Pawz]

I’m going to say, no. Not everyone is sensitive to it. And even if they are, not everyone would “break”.

Myself, I know I’m very sensitive to it. With that said, if presented with a dire situation, I have enough tolerance and control that I could ignore it. Like not be sensitive to it at all. But then that would be it. It would be gone 🙁

 

[bluey1]

Yes, I think tickling can break the toughest person. No matter how hard the toughest person tries to fight it, I think tickling could slowly break them or if not completely break them, at least make them lose their control and composure. It could take some time, but I think if the 'ler continually hits the 'lee's tickle hot-spots the physical sensation from the tickling would eventually overpower the person's mental resilience.

 

[Cuckoldrplover]

If you're ticklish, yes it can. Both my wife and I have on multiple occasions been completely broken into doing things we'd normally never do when we got tickled bad by others

 

[BlueLine7045]

Thanks for chiming in! I don’t ever want to invalidate your experiences and I’m sorry to hear about all the disappointing encounters you’ve had with non-ticklish women.

If you don’t mind, I would like to offer a more nuanced perspective. I think healthy discourse is good for this forum so don’t take it personally at all. Although keep in mind, most of what people say on this forum is anecdotal and it is for me as well, so take it all with a grain of salt.

I regret not elaborating as much in my original comment, but I think the key phrases that I should’ve alluded to were “CAN be” and “not all the time”.

This is just my experience, but everyone I’ve met who have said that they weren’t ticklish were either never properly tickled OR they were simply “not ticklish in most situations”. But once I dove deeper into the conversations with them, often times they would say that they were ticklish earlier in their lifetime and that they are just “not anymore” currently. Or that they’re only ticklish when a certain individual tickles them, like a sibling or a parent, or a romantic partner. Or when they’re tickled by surprise etc.

I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who was 100% absolutely not ticklish ever in their lifetime. There was always some conditional. And it’s usually that they were ticklish before but built various levels of resistance to it over time. But again, I won’t speak for everyone. This is just my experience.

Overall, I 100% still believe that tickling is circumstantial, relational and psychological. Sometimes it takes a lot of ideal factors to align for certain individuals to just be ever so slightly ticklish. And on the other hand, some people can just be tickle tortured by anyone easily with no conditions needed

Unfortunately for us, what this also means is that we personally won’t always be the best tickler for someone, if at all. As good of a tickler as I believe I am, I acknowledge that I won’t always be able to get someone to react. But I firmly believe that chances are someone else out there could probably do better than me for that specific individual. Unless the individual just doesn’t have that relational capacity with anyone.



So in regard to your friend, do you know if she was ever ticklish before in her childhood? Do you know if she has a romantic partner or a sibling that has ever tickled her? Has anyone tried tickling her post orgasm lol?

Unless she has physical nerve damage, I highly doubt that she’s never felt anything tickle her before in her past. I think all these things are worth asking. Even if it means you can’t effectively tickle her, I would hope you could take solace in the fact that maybe someone else potentially could. Just my opinion.

Haha, I wish. That's a fantasy of mine. So I will say we've only ever been best friends so I have never tried tickling any of her private areas, nor does that really do me much good anyway if those are her tickle spots. I'm not a great tickler, but I'm not a noob, bad tickler either. I can say with close to 99.99% certainty her feet, stomach, sides, underarms, neck, legs, etc are not ticklish. I have tried everything from light to hard tickles to hair brushes and feathers and paint brushes, etc. We used to paint and sign each other's feet when we were in high school as some kind of "best friend project" I came up with to tickle her. No effect.

She's had countless boyfriends try to tickle her and other people as well. As far as she's told me, she has never ever been ticklish. She calls it her superpower because she is physically weaker than the guys. Her words, not mine.

I've never really asked about her ticklishness post-orgasm. I feel like that'd be a weird and uncomfortable thing to ask her and while I am known for having silly/goofy/weird condos and I do playfully tease her a lot, asking her about her ticklishness post orgasm probably isn't a conversation we will ever have.

So I guess technically the evidence is inconclusive until the above conditions are met, but that is something I will never be able to find out or use to my advantage.

As far as the other girls go, one girl from college I do remember tickling her a bit and she was ticklish, but she is a master at turning it off. Sometimes she is ticklish, sometimes she isn't. No matter how hard I tried. The other girl who is the one who got away in my opinion, she told me she wasn't ticklish, then during a text conversation one day admitted to me that she actually is ticklish. However, when trying to tickle her, the reaction was so miniscule that it wasn't even worth it. Def think she overestimated her own ticklishness.

I will 75% agree with you, but going to hold out on my belief that not everyone is in fact ticklish. I would, however, love to see you get your hands on my best friend. I still wish, to this day, I could see one ticklish reaction from her. Def a dream

 

[Q_0]

I was going to write a whole entire post about the complexity and science behind tickling, but going back to your question, I see that it is not necessary. You asked, "Can tickling break anyone?" and quite simply the answer is no. It's not even up for debate.

As others have pointed out, there are many people out there who aren't the slightest bit ticklish. There are other people out there who love being tickled, so they may never break.

If you want to jump more in-depth. There's also the psychology behind it. In what situation are we using tickling to break someone and who is this person?

There was an old video I watched on YouTube where they did a tickle experiment with several couples who didn't know each other. They randomly paired men and women up and had them tickle each other, and found that when two strangers were paired up, their ticklishness generally decreased. However, when the couple was paired up, they were much more responsive to the tickling.

So how does the above relate to your question? Well in stressful or uncomfortable situations, contrary to fetish stories and videos on here, humans tend to become less and less ticklish. This is also why I don't think tickling could ever be used as a legitimate means of torture against spies or foreign agents to "break anyone". The stress of being captured and then tortured for information would, in my belief, severely dampen the captured person's ticklishness.

TL;DR = No, tickling cannot break everyone. Also, when a person is truly and completely broken by tickling can also be a further point of discussion.

A genuinely ticklish person wouldn't suddenly become not ticklish because they are stressed. As a ticklish person, that's not how it works. Also, why would I suddenly be more ticklish if I knew the person that was tickling me? That's not the case and doesn't make sense. Tickling is tickling, you don't pick and choose when you are ticklish. Those people in that video were not even very ticklish to begin with, and the heightened laughter through tickling as a couple was because they were close and found the situation more enjoyable and funny rather than uncomfortable with a stranger. It was laughter based on humor and comfort, not ticklishness obviously. If they got some actual ticklish people they would have laughed the same either way.

It also depends on just how much they want to hold on to that information... It would break most genuinely ticklish people, most wouldn't wait until they become used to the sensation/less ticklish (that would take a very long time, and being tickled for long periods of time even with breaks is bad for breathing)

 

[BlueLine7045]

A genuinely ticklish person wouldn't suddenly become not ticklish because they are stressed. As a ticklish person, that's not how it works. Also, why would I suddenly be more ticklish if I knew the person that was tickling me? That doesn't make sense. Tickling is tickling, you don't pick and choose when you are ticklish. I believe those people in that video were not even very ticklish to begin with, and the heightened laughter through tickling as a couple was because they were close and found the situation more enjoyable and funny rather than uncomfortable with a stranger. It was laughter based on humor and comfort, not ticklishness obviously. If they got some actual ticklish people they would have laughed the same either way.

It also depends on just how much they want to hold on to that information... It would break most genuinely ticklish people, most wouldn't wait until they become used to the sensation/less ticklish (that wpuld take a very long time, and being tickled for long periods of time even with breaks is bad for breathing)

For polite discussion purposes, as some others said above and as I have witnessed myself first-hand, tickling is very much affected by mental and emotional state. It is as much emotional as it is physical.

My wife, for example, is one of the most ticklish people I have ever met. Well, she can be. However, when she is angry or pissed off or upset, tickling does not work on her. I've tried before and it just made her angrier.

In my own experience as a lee, I have had a couple sessions before with unknown females where we just weren't vibing and didn't click, there wasn't good chemistry. I can be extremely ticklish, but when these girls were tickling me, I barely reacted. With another woman I sessioned with, there was a more open and flirty tone. When she tickled me, I was actually surprised by how ticklish I was.

 

[Q_0]

A genuinely ticklish person wouldn't suddenly become not ticklish because they are stressed. As a ticklish person, that's not how it works.

It also depends on just how much they want to hold on to that information... It would break most genuinely ticklish people, most wouldn't wait until they become used to the sensation/less ticklish (that wpuld take a very long time, and being tickled for long periods of time even with breaks is bad for breathing)

For polite discussion purposes, as some others said above and as I have witnessed myself first-hand, tickling is very much affected by mental and emotional state. It is as much emotional as it is physical.

My wife, for example, is one of the most ticklish people I have ever met. Well, she can be. However, when she is angry or pissed off or upset, tickling does not work on her. I've tried before and it just made her angrier.

In my own experience as a lee, I have had a couple sessions before with unknown females where we just weren't vibing and didn't click, there wasn't good chemistry. I can be extremely ticklish, but when these girls were tickling me, I barely reacted. With another woman I sessioned with, there was a more open and flirty tone. When she tickled me, I was actually surprised by how ticklish I was.

Then you are ticklish in a strange way that is affected purely by emotion. If what you said was true for regular ticklish folk then no one would be ticklish when someone they didn't know or didn't like tickled them, but they are and they hated it. The "ticklish only when I want to be" thing as if it's a switch to be turned on isn't the norm from either me or anyone I have talked to or heard experiences from.

 

[ihatethisyo]

She's had countless boyfriends try to tickle her and other people as well. As far as she's told me, she has never ever been ticklish. She calls it her superpower because she is physically weaker than the guys. Her words, not mine.

About your best friend, I’m curious if you can describe her personality? Is she the chill type to never stress out or overreact? In my experience, those type of people tend to be more capable emotionally of suppressing tickling. Sometimes there needs to be a relational/emotional wall that’s broken down before the ticklishness can even be a reality.

Maybe she’s had some form of physical or emotional trauma in her past that’s preventing her from opening up fully to someone else’s physical touch. But again, I’m speculating and this is all just based on my personal experiences.

The other question I want to ask is if she has any siblings? I’ve known about cases where someone is literally only ticklish when their annoying little brother tickles them haha. The different circumstances surrounding the ticklishness of a person is really just interesting all around.

I've never really asked about her ticklishness post-orgasm. I feel like that'd be a weird and uncomfortable thing to ask her and while I am known for having silly/goofy/weird condos and I do playfully tease her a lot, asking her about her ticklishness post orgasm probably isn't a conversation we will ever have.

So I guess technically the evidence is inconclusive until the above conditions are met, but that is something I will never be able to find out or use to my advantage.

I agree that it’s a weird question to ask haha. I wouldn’t want you to ruin that friendship over a weird question. But I’m glad you also reasonably agree that the evidence is inconclusive because of that!

I will 75% agree with you, but going to hold out on my belief that not everyone is in fact ticklish. I would, however, love to see you get your hands on my best friend. I still wish, to this day, I could see one ticklish reaction from her. Def a dream

Thanks for the informed reply! I’m glad to hear that we agree more than we don’t.

And you just never know! Maybe one day she’ll encounter someone that brings out a ticklish reaction you’ve never seen before.

 

[fightinggirl666]

Lmao some of the replies are so refusing to accept reality vibes.

Some people are just not ticklish at all, those people of course can't be broken by tickling.

And there are even more people who are hardly ticklish or not very ticklish, especially in a "I am stressed / angry / sad" situation - those people aren't going to "break" either even if they squirm or laugh a little. It's probably just going to annoy them mostly.

So yes many would "break" to tickling but it's far from everyone, not even close to everyone. Thinking otherwise is just wishful fantasy thinking.