The Love Of Tickling: Born With It Or Developed It?

[TicklishGrl4Lfe]

I honestly think I was born with it. Ever since I can remember I have done things to get people to tickle me. I remember once I was at my grandmother's house and she told me not to fall alseep or she would tickle me awake. I acted like I had fallen asleep so that she would tickle me to wake me up.

 

[gabrielle]

honestly i have no idea..probably born with it..i did start fantasizing about being tickled around eight..i have no clue if my parents were ticklish or into tickling..never did it around me..and my sister might be ticklish, in fact i do believe she is..but we have never discussed it..

well, my parents never tickled me or each other or even talked about it either. none of my family members did.
so I guess, this is just another piece of evidence to my theory, that I must have been born with it.

gabrielle

 

[P_Bustleton]

Well, when I was about two months old, I realized my mother didn't have the genitalia I expected her to have, and I was so horrified that I shut my eyes. Then she tickled me.

Yeah, right.

I believe whether one finds tickling pleasurable or completely horrible has a genetic component. But for me, tickling as a sexual preference almost certainly developed. I was tickled by my dad a lot and loved it... when I eventually discovered masturbation, I made some association with the sensation of tickling. I almost always fantasized about being a 'ler though, but find in practice I like both equally.

My philosophy professor in college brought up tickling twice: in her first lecture, we were discussing whether objective sensations exist (whether we all see the same colors the same way, etc.) As a counterexample, she said, "there are some people who hate being tickled. Do they feel the same thing I do?"

She also proposed building a tickle machine if one's goal is to maximize pleasure for the maximum number of people (one form of utilitarianism).

I've expressed these opinions before - it seems a lot of people like tickling, but a small minority see it as a main component of sexuality. Just look at all the other fetish websites.

Another thought: Did people have latex fetishes before latex was invented? Plastic wrap?
While they have a component of restraint, I think there's gotta be some association created in early sexual development.

 

[Iishieboo]

There may be no tickling gene but if anyone believes in paest lives, here's a theory. In most (if not all) of the books I've read about past lives, souls carry talents, fears, etc with them to other lives. Perhaps that's where some of us "born-with-it's" got our fetish? Just a thought. Hehe!

 

[Helena]

I think I was born with a fascination for tickling. I watched from a distance while other people were tickled.
At about age 12, I realized that I craved being tickled, but I didn't tell anyone then.....I kept it a secret.
Then when I started dating boys in high school, I got tickled alot. I have really enjoyed receiving a good tickling since then.

 

[darkknight577]

I was definately born with it!! I know the exact moment it took total hold of me... I was around 5ish... Had just watched some Sunday afternoon kids show, which featured a magician. His assistant, an older, yet very attractive woman was locked in a box, to be cut in thirds... Just after locking her in a box, he had her poke her hands and feet out of the holes, to show she was really there... He then opened a little door, right where her belly was, and reached in to tickle her. I sat there, eyes fixed to the screen, watching this with total fascination.. and a totally new sensation coarsing through my veins. A little while later, I was outside playing with a kid up the street, and told him about it. He proceeded to suggest we go tickle his sister. Somehow, we had some rope with us. We tricked her into believing we were going to show her a magic trick. He tied his sisters ankles together.. ripped off her flip-flops, and proceded to tickle the ever lovin shit out of her. I sat there transfixed, watching this poor little girl laugh harder than I had ever seen someone laugh. It was fantastic!! I knew from that moment on I had a little secret... and Ive been a ler ever since.

 

[kilitiinko1]

Born with it

I was definitely born with it. As long as I can remember (from the age of 3 or 4) I have always wanted to be tickled.All of my early fantasies revolved around being tied and tickled and I did whatever I could to engineer an all-out tickle attack on my ticklish body.And I would have to say that it is strong now as it was then,only now I have more chances to be tickled.

 

[maniactickler]

Born with it baby!

 

[hiltopoius]

Definately born with the beautiful gift, for the love of tickling , And the passion for it grows stronger

 

[kingp]

Born with it

I believe I was definately born with the tickle bug. I actually remember the moment the love took hold. I was about 2 years old, maybe younger and my Mother was a real tomboy, never shoeless, never wore heels. Well this day, my Aunt came to visit and was quite a beautiful lady. She wore dresses, heels and nylons alot. On this day she sat cross legged and barefoot in Nylons as I walked around and held on to a table we had.

I remember looking at her foot and was facinated by the nylon, I wanted to touch it. When I touched it, it was so smooth and warm, nothing I had touch before had felt as good as that did. I saw her foot jerk, and my Aunt giggled and had a beautiful smile on her face. I had realized that I had just caused that and I had a wide smile back for her. From that point on I have been hooked. Growing up it was foot tickling that I sought. Today, foot tickling is still my favorite, but all over tickling is more than just as fun. I still get a rise from making a lady giggle, and no sexier sound for me is a woman in the throes of both passion and laughter. A laughing woman is beauty itself. Sheer perfection....

I have a picture taken a few moments before that first event, I can see her foot and I am looking at it and walking toward it. Pretty unusual to get that as a Kodak moment.


"Forget the alimony, I've got a better idea" - Henry the VIII

 

[Senbab]

I was born with it. I never realized I had it untill a few years ago. but as I look back now, i see that I've always had it, just never thought of it as what it was.

 

[tommytikl]

Born with it and always liked it...
My first memory in life is tickling an aunts feet under a dinner table
when I was 3 yrs old...

 

[Vae]

I go back and forth on this, but I'd say I developed it. When I was younger, I was terrified of it and got tickled by my family all the time. Then I was totally deprived of it for years. For a while, I was greatful but then when I started dating and got tickled again, I loved how it felt. It was frickin' fantastic. The fetish was minor for a time but then it got more and more intense. Now it's just a fabulous good time. 😀

 

[BigJim]

I developed my tickling love around the age of 21. I had a foot fetish from extremely early childhood (in much the same way as gay peopls said they knew their sexuality was "different" from an early age I suppose) and when I got my first internet capable computer I found the two were very closely linked. I bought a couple of VHS vids from Realtickling and promptly got hooked.

 

[Ticklish_tigres]

All of It

Think it can be based on genetics with skin, nerves, pressure points...So born with a predisposition.

Think it can be part of the innate psychological and sexual being of a person.

But I think it is developed with stimuli from media and mental and physical sensations. Partners develop it as it is explored and experienced.

Mostly a lee...exploring and experiencing from a good tickler is definitely developing it.

 

[starfires]

nostalgia

My philosophy professor in college brought up tickling twice: in her first lecture, we were discussing whether objective sensations exist (whether we all see the same colors the same way, etc.) As a counterexample, she said, "there are some people who hate being tickled. Do they feel the same thing I do?"

She also proposed building a tickle machine if one's goal is to maximize pleasure for the maximum number of people (one form of utilitarianism).

May I point out that your philosophy prof was awesome? I think it's kinda sad that I know exactly what you're talking about in both instances, yet my profs brought up neither tickling nor anything personal about themselves in any of their lectures or discussions.

Another thought: Did people have latex fetishes before latex was invented? Plastic wrap?
While they have a component of restraint, I think there's gotta be some association created in early sexual development.

Infinite diversity in infinite combinations. Maybe genetics creates predispositions to all kinds of random things that may or may not exist, and they are catalyzed by coming in contact with said things (and by contact I mean any suggestion at all, even reading about some related concept in a book). For example, I have a minor sexual fascination with the ability to glow in the dark, a phenomenon that I'm fairly sure I have never seen in my formative years (and the fascination is strangely specific: it has to come from within, thus glowing paint applied to the skin would not work; however, a hypothetical chemical that's taken internally to cause the skin to glow would).

Back on topic, I have been a ler for as long as I can remember (though I thought everybody else was the same way). I tickled my family members and friends a lot when I was a child, and always got a feeling of satisfaction from it (the "I win" kind of satisfaction, not the sexual kind). I developed a lee side when I was about 13, and I remember almost exactly the thought process that led to that -- it was almost intentional. At one point it occurred to me that there was nothing inherently bad about being tickled. The next time I got tickled, I made a conscious effort to stop concentrating on getting away, and start concentrating on what I was feeling. It turned out to be very nice, but I didn't let on at the time -- that came much later.

 

[The_Raptor]

hmmm well,this is the 1st time i confess about this to anybody but since nobody here knows me here then:

From the 1st early times in my childhood i was having fantasies about..,well
'beingtickledbywomen',
i memorize since i was 5 yrs old or maybe younger (good memories remain) i was tickled alot in by eldars who seems to invent new tickling techniques on me.
Everytime i'm attracted to a girl or a woman the 1st thing i think about
(in sexual stuff) is me being tickled by her,thinking of any woman i'm attracted to as a ler,jealous of any tickling incidents that don't include me,i was somehow tickle teaser that always ends crying 4 the tickling to stop,any tickling in toons and anime series were making me freeze!
and i was having an endless fantasy when i was child lol,i was not only watching toons but creating new ones in my mind,i was creative in writing and drawing,i was even able to write bunch of stories and tales backthen,when i was 9 i've made a series of comics inventing new characters inspired by anime and toons series like mazinger,grendizer,....,
which of course included tickling in 'em,ALL GONE WITH THE WIND!!!!
so i don't know why i had those many tickling fantasies running up my head since my very early childhood.
when i started to grow up my ticklishness seems to grow as well,way more than my childhood,that just made me more scared from tickling incidents,well i'm still having those fantasies but not as when i was child of course,but i still have 'em,so i think i was born with it!

 

[drew70]

I've been obsessed with tickling and being tickled as far back as I can remember. Was I born with it? Doubtful. There's been no reliable evidence that I've seen that people are born with sexual preferences or a predisposition towards giving or receiving tickling. I think it's far more likely that such things are learned during the formative years. Then because it seems like it's always been there, we assume we were born with it.

 

[f_tickle_m_feet]

I believe mine developed over time, starting when I was in about middle school.

 

[BikerBadBoy]

born with it?

Definitely learned. It's like saying people are born liking blondes, or chubby chasers (no disrespect here to anyone, please don't take it that way), or into whatever. We all develop these desires over time and our environment.

 

[drew70]

Unfortunately, I think I was bron with it ~___~ And the bad kind too...the thing er...I can't really say now.

The sad thing is, I remember it being ever since I was still in 1st grade...

You lost me right after ~___~. Bad kind of what?

 

[shadow365]

The way it has always been explained to me, is that you are indeed born with any fetish. A fetish is a hyperactive brain reaction to certain visual or physical stimuli.

I guess none of us had a choice, we are all here because of genetics. But MAN is this a hell of a defect or what? 🙂

 

[Headsnap]

My opinion is that tickling is a fetish, and fetishism is not sexuality, so in that sense I don't really think it's hard-wired into you at birth in the same way as being homosexual or heterosexual and stuff. I do think there's an element of genetics in it, but I reckon it takes seeing something in your formative years to spark you off otherwise it just stays dormant or repressed.

My fetishism comes from a mixture of things; I'm a bit of a control freak and the idea that I can make a girl laugh by tickling her appeals to me, but I also like the sensuality and intimacy of it as much as anything else, but I thought it was a bit weird and not something to be acknowledged until I was watching some little feature on MTV Europe when I was about 14 or 15 where people wrote in for sex tips and advice. Can't remember the name of it but it had a gorgeous presenter called Nina who worked on the Ray Cokes show until it got binned; someone wrote in asking about foreplay tips, and she suggested the viewer use some weird knobbly massager thing on his girlfriend's back, sides and feet, then turned around and said "I absolutely LOVE it on my feet and back....". I was like, "Orly? Women like it too eh?...." and it just went on from there. I also blame MTV Europe for my foot fetish, namely a sweet Spanish presenter called Camilla and the MTV Amore hour she used to front in which she was barefoot 99% of the time and looked pretty bloody good.





I miss MTV Europe 🙁

 

[JackVanderson]

Definetly Devlopment

I'd have to say that it's developed. However, I do belive that some people can be more prone to developing it than others based on genetics/visual&audio experiance. I can account for this with two reasons, the first time I noticed the female body and when I first became fasinated with tickling.

Let's start this off,
1st, When I was only four or five I was watching some magic show. When about halfway through this guy came out and sawed his female assitant in half, after seperating the two halves, he proceeded to tickle her feat. I was fasinated. Basically, it started as a foot fetish but about three years later my mom's friend came to my house and brought her daughter with her. She was about a year younger than me, and needless to say only an hour or two later I had her ankles in an arm lock and was ruthlessly tickling her feat. Note: at this point in time, I had never seen anything likes the which can be found on this great website. Yet I was already contemplating the use of rope,feathers, or whatever I could find to make the tickling even better. This became a common theme as my mom's friend would come over often. This continued for about three years until my mom's friend stopped coming around as much. For a few weeks I felt pretty deprived. Then I kinda just forgot about it. Then when I started dating, the love for tickling just kinda clicked back on and I've been a ler ever since (side note: I think that my mom's friend's daughter might have developed it to, why? well the last time we saw each other before she blossomed into womanhood, she was all nice and happy to see me, after she blossomed and still now every time she sees me she talks all pissed off like, and brushes me off. This is one of the main reasons I belive that tickling fetishes are developed).

2nd, this happened just before my love for tickling clicked back on. I was in the seventh grade (I was a late bloomer =( ), and I knew that I would soon start desiring the female form. The problem was, (the little philosopher that I was) I had no clue as to what would make all of a sudden start liking women's bodies. Naturally, I thought that once the flat chested girls of my school started to develope, that would turn on the infamous "switch" as I called it. Well, towards the end of my seventh grade year, our science teacher bought an aquarium and placed it in the class. One day when he said he was going to feed the fish, I was sick of always getting a bad view, so what I did was stand in the space on the right side of the fish tank that was three feat from the wall. What I didn't think about was that from the far side of the tank, you really couldn't see anything and the rest of my class cluttered around the tank so I couldn't get out of that spot. So there I was trapped in my little square bored out of my mind, when I look up and there's one of the girls in my class standing right infront of me. I looked at her for a moment then I suddenly felt this sensation overwhelm me. I didn't make any noises or anything like that, that would have been a disaster. But, what did happen was that my switch clicked on.

So honestly, do you think that you were born with it? To be honest no matter how much we debate the overall fact remains as such "There is no absolute proof that can define that there is indeed a tickling gene, while however there is also no defining proof that there is not one. There is a gene in our body that controls how we develop sexually yes? If so that gene is basically the epicenter of what turns us on. So, is tickling genetic or developed? It's hard to say, and honestly, as long as your willing to admitt that your tickling fetish is part of you, isn't that good enough?

 

[SillyMan]

I would say I developed it, because I remember times when I hated it. My love for it started with my female cousin, when we tickled each other. But I don't mean to say, that it is impossible to be born with it - maybe some people are.