Cure ticklishness?

[Grolsch]

Something I've always wondered, and maybe somebody has an opinion.

Do you think if you took a person who is really ticklish somewhere, and they willingly allowed themselves to be tickled in a given spot indefinitely, would sensory fatigue set in and the area become not ticklish in the future?

Just a thought.

 

[HeBeGeeBee]

Perish the thought...

 

[Novus]

The truely most ticklish people would likely pass out long before their ticklish spots turned numb. Even on the less ticklish people if a ticklish spot did go numb it would probably be only temporary.

 

[TicklingDuo]

While the spot can become non-responsive for a period of time, it wouldn't cease to be ticklish unless you did nerve damage. The only thing that would be a possibility is if the person learned to relax and increase their tollerance of it. In that respect, it's similar to pain. You can have a low threshhold for when the pain/tickling sensation sets in while also having a high tollerance of it once it does.

Ann

 

[tummyticklish01]

Yah i agree, it can become kinda numb for a time, but not forever, thank goodness!😀

 

[Deleted member 2452]

a cure?

that supposes that ticklishness is a form of disease.
i've heard that people can become un-ticklish,(hell my wife did it) but that is by their own wish, not by an over abundance of tickling.
hell if anyone needs a "cure" it's the people that aren't ticklish!
steve

 

[TicklingDuo]

Re: a cure?

hell if anyone needs a "cure" it's the people that aren't ticklish!
steve

You're SO right! The poor SOLES! It must be the PITS! I don't know if I could STOMACHE that! I'll have to get on my KNEES and pray for a cure!

Hey! Maybe we should put together a fundraiser...possibly a telethon. We could get stars to volunteer to be tickled to raise money for research......

Ann

 

[Deleted member 2452]

a telathon!

what a great idea ann! you and i could act as m.c.'s, and we could have swarm of guest ticklers. the hollywood elite would come out in droves...wouldn't they?
steve

 

[TicklingDuo]

Re: a telathon!

what a great idea ann! you and i could act as m.c.'s, and we could have swarm of guest ticklers. the hollywood elite would come out in droves...wouldn't they?
steve

One can only hope! 😛

Ann

 

[BigJim]

I think they area that can become most de-sensitised is the feet, but even then a rest for 30 minutes or so will restore them. Any tickler worth his or her salt would'nt tickle in the same place long enough for this terrible curse to take effect! LOL

 

[tklr5150]

It probably wouldn't work in the long run, but it does sound believable enough to convince some poor over-ticklish person that the best way to "cure" their problem is hours of being tickled 😀

Of course, if there really is some sort of "cure" then you can keep it - I'm happy with the disease.

 

[Double T]

Re: Re: a cure?

You're SO right! The poor SOLES! It must be the PITS! I don't know if I could STOMACHE that! I'll have to get on my KNEES and pray for a cure!

Hey! Maybe we should put together a fundraiser...possibly a telethon. We could get stars to volunteer to be tickled to raise money for research......

Ann

Well, I'm no star, but.....

PICK ME! PICK ME! ME. ME. OH, ME! PLEASE, PLEASE. PLEASE ME!!!

I might possibly be interested!

 

[TicklingDuo]

Re: Re: Re: a cure?

Well, I'm no star, but.....

PICK ME! PICK ME! ME. ME. OH, ME! PLEASE, PLEASE. PLEASE ME!!!

I might possibly be interested!

YOU I'd tickle even if we DIDN'T make money on it! *poking* Pick, pick, pick!

Ann