Does being an introvert or extrovert affect ticklshness?

[laughingboy2000]

Something that I have thought about recently. If someone is extroverted and lets their emotions out, and is in general completely open, do they tend to be more ticklish because they aren't afraid to laugh and don't put up a mental barrier against being ticklish?

And on the flip side, if someone is introverted, bottles their emotions up, and stays in a bubble trying to keep others away, are they less ticklish because they are afraid to laugh and therefore put up a mental barrier against being ticklish?

 

[MistressValerie1]

I find that introverted people who are shy and easily embarrassed are more ticklish than people who are confident and outgoing, but that's based only on a limited number of 'lees.

 

[amk714]

I don't think extroversion or introversion affects ticklishness, but they could affect how the ticklee reacts, especially in public, where the 'lee's reactions are on display. The extrovert might not mind, or laugh even if he/she hates to be tickled, while the introvert may object right away, even if she/he secretly enjoys tickling. Of course ticklishness is an individual thing, so how introverted or extroverted a person is might not even matter. That's my take on the subject, and I'm not a psychologist, so please don't quote me. 😛

 

[Yet_One_More_Idiot]

I find that introverted people who are shy and easily embarrassed are more ticklish than people who are confident and outgoing, but that's based only on a limited number of 'lees.

This is what I would expect to be the case - don't express emotions openly, keep them all bottled up, and they've still gotta escape SOMEHOW... 😀

 

[George Hull]

Years and years ago I read a small item in the paper that said a government think tank had determined the most ticklish people were "shy, sex-conscious young girls". As it happens the most ticklish person I ever knew pretty much fit that description exactly.

That's what I call tax dollars well spent!

 

[max cross]

Years and years ago I read a small item in the paper that said a government think tank had determined the most ticklish people were "shy, sex-conscious young girls". As it happens the most ticklish person I ever knew pretty much fit that description exactly.

That's what I call tax dollars well spent!

Yes, the government for the people 😀

 

[Ultraticklish1]

Yes, the government for the people 😀

Hell Yeah, but I think someone who is an introvert is gonna be more ticklish. They keep all the emotions in until they cant it anymore and some may have a short breaking point.

 

[Yet_One_More_Idiot]

Hell Yeah, but I think someone who is an introvert is gonna be more ticklish. They keep all the emotions in until they cant it anymore and some may have a short breaking point.

Others of us though, have incredibly long fuses; over the years, many people have commented on how I never seem to get stressed. The reason - my philosophy:

Shit happens. And every once in a while, it will happen to you.

So basically, there's no point in worrying about it, 'cos it's inevitable. 🙂

 

[Wildtime]

I think introverts are only perceived as being more ticklish when compared to extroverts. If an extrovert displays his or her emotions freely, others will be accustomed to their reactions and can anticipate how the extrovert will act while being tickled. Whereas an introvert may be quite reserved in their emotions. This means that the introvert's reactions while being tickled will contrast greatly from how they are usually seen.

 

[crydun]

I have to agree with amk. More specifically, it might affect the size and frequency of their laughter. For example, I am an extrovert and I can get extremely "loud" when tickled. Knoxxie says it best: it can get "explosive" In general, I don't care who's around to hear either, as long as it's not my mother. An introvert may react more quietly so as not to draw attention to themselves

 

[kis123]

In public, I'm very introverted and conservative. I would prefer that you not even notice I'm there. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't tickle someone in public and if I were tickled in public, I'd get pretty upset.

In private, I can be extremely extroverted and very loud (once I warm up to the other party) in tickling and other stuff too! :happy:

So I guess I'm a combination of both! 😀 😀

 

[Solesbrusher]

What an interesting topic! I always wondered. Well, I think either excessively extrovert or excessively introvert people are the most ticklish.

As a kid, I was deeply introvert and, at the same time, insanely ticklish all over. I couldn't bear being examined by the doctor : this was pure torture for me. Once, this doctor suggested my parents to give me one foot tickle session a day in order to make me "less introvert" (they never did that) : he pretended overticklishness was a symptom of deep introversion. While growing up and becoming reasonably extrovert, I became much less ticklish than I used to be.
I also remember watching an extremely shy, inhibited, full of complexes girl getting gangtickled by some other girls in a dormitory during a camp. These are probably the most intense reactions to tickling I've seen to date. Four or five mates jumped over her while she was lying on her bed completely dressed (even shoes on!), took off her shoes ans socks, held her shirt up and began to tickle her all over. What a pain! What a distress! The girl was neither laughing loudly nor screaming : she couldn't. After only a few seconds of tickling, she was breathless, almost fainting, completely unable to speak. Pain and panic could be read on her blushing, sweating and soon crying face. In the same time, she was squirming like a worm with an amazing energy and strength : this was an astonishing metamorphosis!
So, I think that extremely introvert people are extremely ticklish but that tickling is often very painful to them, due to a too high contrast between their usually censored emotions or expressions and the sensations and reactions tickling triggers on their body : they suddenly feel discovered, afraid of being forced to see and let show aspects of themselves they usually try to repress.

In the opposite, I remember one tall, thin, hysterical kind of "grasshopper woman" going nuts at the slightest touch on her soles or ribs. This woman, probably one of the most funny and extrovert I've ever met, was once gangtickled by me and some friends of mine. God! This one not only squirmed like a worm but also laughed outloud.
And in this case, tickling really seemed to be as pleasure as torture to the ticklee (she later confessed to having enjoyed the session).

 

[Wade1]

In public, I'm very introverted and conservative. I would prefer that you not even notice I'm there. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't tickle someone in public and if I were tickled in public, I'd get pretty upset.

In private, I can be extremely extroverted and very loud (once I warm up to the other party) in tickling and other stuff too! :happy:

So I guess I'm a combination of both! 😀 😀

So if I were only to encounter you in public places, I should be safe?

 

[George Hull]

As I said before, the most ticklish person I ever met was definitely the shy, introverted type, but thinking back I remember a stripper I once worked with who was VERY ticklish and you wouldn't think of strippers as being introverts. On the other hand, I've known a few who seemed to have split personalities, exhibitionists on stage and very shy and retiring in real life. So go figure.