The Purge

[Strelnikov]

Now that Psycho/Scott and artist Swindows (Topin in Training) have abruptly left the scene, maybe it's time to recycle a thread from the old Forum.

I suspect that most older members of the Forum have gone through THE PURGE at least once. I've done so several times over the past 35 years. It happened when I re-evaluated my life and decided that I was tired of being different. The thought occured to me that if my significant-other/relatives/friends knew about my tickling kink, they would be repulsed/appalled/think I was weird. I resolved to give it up, go forth and sin no more. This was followed by a late-night, cross-town drive to an isolated dumpster to dispose of tickling materials. These days, I suppose it would also include deleting tickling material from computer hard drive and deleting internet bookmarks.

Unfortunately, it never worked for very long. Pretty soon, I was back to where I started. It didn't help that in pre-internet times, I thought that I was the only one with the shameful secret of a tickling kink.

One real benefit of this Forum is that we're not isolated any more. We can communicate with others like ourselves, who for the most part are regular folks. Maybe it will keep some of us from thinking that we have to deny a basic part of our personality by going through THE PURGE. I hope so, anyway.

Come on, folks - any thoughts on the matter?

Strelnikov

 

[Capt. Spalding]

Dumpster diving again!

Hi, Strel! A timely topic.
I myself have never gone through a ritual purging of my tickling material. However, as anyone who knows me can testify, I'm an easily
distracted sort, and my interests wax and wane. Sometimes weeks, even
months go by where ticklish thoughts recede in the face of other matters. But something, thank heavens, always comes along to spark
a spirited revival of enthusiasm! For me, shame doesn't enter into it,
because I've always seen tickling as just another way for humans to express and channel their sexuality. There's no right way, but as many ways as can be envisioned and felt. And the fact that gatherings
like the Forum exist clearly mark an interest in tickling as a widespread human activity. Saying it's weird is like saying human sexuality itself is weird: it isn't--it's merely another way of being human.
However, I quite understand why purging happens to folks, especially when they're faced with a life change, like a new relationship. We're
all constantly reinventing ourselves. Sometimes such reinvention can
be radical. It is sad to think, tho', that someone would purge in the,
I think, mistaken belief that trying to please others justifies
smothering one's curiosity and playfulness.
Anyway, can anyone tell me where are all these dumpsters full of
this furtively purged tickling material? I'm not proud. I'll dive into
any one bearing a treasure trove of tickleania.

 

[MaxSpeer]

This is a subject that hits me very hard. I have gone through several purges in my life. I think that if I didn't I would need a warehouse to store all the crap I had accumulated for the past few decades.

The Purge usually comes from guilt and/or feelings of shame. We get obsessed, we take a step back and "parent" ourselves, convincing ourselves that what we are thinking about and doing is, somehow, wrong. We look at it as if it is an addiction like drugs and alcohol. Some of us actually get into 12 Step Programs, seek religious leaders, contact psychologists, take Prozac, white-knuckle it. We start to walk down a street on a Summer day and divert our eyes when a person walks by that would normally get our tickling fantasies racing.

I've been there. I diverted, white-knuckled, joined a 12 step program, cried to a shrink, literally burned all of my mags in a fireplace, threw all my vids in a dumpster. Months later I tore my hair out for doing it. What was I thinking, I would say to myself.

You are only as crazy as you think you are. We are what we are. I have always been an advocate that we have been hard-wired to be Ticklers and there is no shrink, church, program in the world that will change it.

Accept and love yourself. Spread the laughter. Don't be an asshole about it. It's the Internet assholes that give us all a bad name. The more positivity we give off about this fun and exciting lifestyle, the more we, as a Community, will feel normal, fulfilled, accepted.

Max

 

[Shem the Penman]

I guess I'm lucky, because I've never gone through that. Okay, I do occasionally have "Good Goddess, how did I ever accumulate all this crap?" moments when I look in the place where I store my tapes -- but I have the same sort of moments when I look at the bookshelves, the non-tickling tapes, the game closet, the comics boxes, und so weiter....

Maybe it's because I didn't really realize that my primary focus was tickling until the time I started finding tickling tapes and magazines. Just seeing those materials told me that there were enough people into the same thing to make it worth someone's time to produce them. Or maybe it's because I know my family and friends, and I know they have a respect for privacy and would never judge me that way. In any case, it was only a few years after that I discovered alt.sex.fetish.tickling on Usenet, and from there the various tickling Web sites, and the rest was history.

I agree, though, nobody should have to go through a purge. I seriously doubt it's possible to stop being a ticklephile by force of will, any more than it's possible to stop being gay by the same means. It's better to learn to live with it.

 

[crydun]

I just realized this about myself in April of this past year. After years of rereading and bookmarking tickling scenes in novels, mags, and everything else, the internet enlightened me to what was really going on. So,I have a tickling fascination. Now that I know this, I have become more relaxed about the subject and can even stand physical contact longer. You see, I have DSI and sometimes physical contact is unpleasant. Now that I know how I feel about tickling, I can relax and enjoy it. I hope that others can too. It is nothing to be ashamed of. It is the primary connection between a mother and child and is also an intricate part of the lovemaking process. It's human and a gift from God and we should embrace it!

 

[MTJpub]

Here is an article that I wrote about this subject for the "Morandilas's TICKLERS JOURNAL" several years ago. Much of it still applies for readers of my magazine "Tales from the Asylum" I'm also happy to say that I am "Purge Free" for over five years now.


GUILT, THE PURGE & LIVING WITH WHO YOU ARE
By Morandilas

On average the MTJ receives 3-12 new subscribers each week. However the MTJ loses 2-3 subscribers each week as well. Some of the people that choose to unsubscribe do so because they are new subscribers and find the MTJ not to their liking. I can live with this because the MTJ is certainly not for everyone.

What concerns me is when I lose a subscriber due to guilt or the "PURGE" a term I think Max Speer coined. The Purge is a direct result of guilt. Guilt is something most of us have had when it comes to this fetish and having to deal with it. Many of us discovered are enjoyment of tickling or being tickled at an early age and almost instinctively hid it and concealed it from others. I have spoken with women who enjoy this fetish that have had difficulty saying the word "tickle". In my youth I have passed up tickling opportunities because I felt that all eyes were upon me and all would know my dire secret if I were to tickle someone in public.

The Purge is when a person with a tickling fetish deletes all tickling materials from their hard drive, throws out all their video tapes and tickling paraphernalia and tries to go cold turkey and cure themselves of their fetish. Can any of you relate to a late night drive to a far away dumpster where you deposited all of your tickling possessions in an attempt to rid yourself of this obsession?

Some of the most well known members of the community have been through the purge as I have described it. The simple fact that they are well known members of this community is proof enough that the purge does not work. In fact all you are left with is regret in having succumbed to the purge in the first place. Worst of all many of us have repeated the purge several times in our lifetime.

Do any of you feel guilt in subscribing to this journal of mostly nonconsensual tickle fiction?

I would bet the percentage that do is quite high.

The MTJ does not condone nonconsensual actions of any kind. This is not just a disclaimer placed here to excuse the content of this journal. Nor is it used to make me feel better about what I publish. The truth is it is a fact. This journal is for adult fantasy entertainment. Fantasy is underlined because I want to stress this point.

DO NOT FEEL GUILTY FOR READING OR ENJOYING THIS MATERIAL!

Many upstanding, religious, Americans consume thousands of books based on True Crime. The stories of rapists, serial killers, and worst. What is to be said of people who find this kind of reading entertaining or fascinating? Are they fiendish ghouls just yearning to harm the unsuspecting? Are the millions of Stephen King fans sinister human monsters that prey on the innocent between novels? How about Dean Koontz, Ann Rice, or Brian Lumley, why can't these ghouls write about something else. Are they all sick and depraved vile human beings that derive pleasure from the sufferings of others? Ever seen a B horror film? Scantily clad teenage girls being butchered and mutilated in the name of entertainment.

I am not a psychologist and I don't have all the answers but I can tell you that despite the fact that I publish a journal that specializes in nonconsensual tickle torture fiction. I am not a monster, I respect the limits and wishes of others. I have a very healthy and happy marriage to a wonderful woman who I consensualy tickle from time to time when she is in the mood. I hate injustice and would endanger my own life to help anyone in distress.

I am not trying to paint myself as a saint, I am just trying to help you understand that this is a work of fiction and adult entertainment. I have come to know quite a few people with nonconsensual tickling fantasies through the years and ironically they are among the most generous and nice people I have ever known.

This article is not just about subscribing or unsubscribing to the MTJ. This article is about learning to cope with who you are and understanding that your fantasies are just that. Fantasies designed to entertain the mind and body. As long as they don't cross into the realm of reality all is well.

-Morandilas

 

[dvnc]

I like the nomenclature. The Purge. It fits. Sounds like somethin' Max would say. He's clever that way. 😉

While not all are doin' the Purge, all seem to go through some distancin' from this interest. It happens for everyone, it seems, to one degree or other. Some of us just lay low for a while. Most, however, purge it all. I'm one of the lay-low types, largely 'cause of growin' up wit' a shrink in the family. I'm grateful for it, too, 'cause I've not lost downloads from the early 90s.

Like all, I do wish to be interested in something more "accepted". I get over this when delving back into the acceptable, and finding it wanting. There're exceptions, I'm certain. I'm just not finding them. It's another of the many reasons for gatherings. Havin' folks meet one another takes some of the "weird" out of this. We may be a deviant subculture, outside of the statistical norm, but so was Einstein. I'll take such company any day.

'Sides, dates dinnae complain about a man being too tactile when amorous.

I'm always sad when folks find religion or psychology, and attempt removal from this. Seems extreme. Oddly, the more I've accepted this, the less "dominant" it is in my lifestyle. I dig it still, like I dig certain cloths and music, but it's no longer as urgent. Like sex was during teen years, when gettin' to the mid-twenties, it ain't so anxious. These days, it's just fun.

Before y'beat yourself for being like hundreds of others, try meetings the hundreds. Heck, just try meetin' ten of 'em. It helps normalize it.

From there, y'may actually get on with your life, focusin' on whatever else was of interest before a sex drive pulled at you so strongly! If not, at least you'll have folks t'talk to that won't label you harshly!

my $0.02,

dvnc

 

[Haltickling]

purge and lobotomy

(Sigh), so maybe some of you have experienced the urge of ridding themselves of the utterly pervert habit of loving tickling, and some may consider it in the future. Because you see it as a dangerous addiction, a devilish sin, or as a crime to humanity. As something bad, necessary to extinct it from your brain.

Tell me, do you know the concept of lobotomy? To erase certain streaks of one's personality by brain surgery? It was considered as a method to 'heal' maniacal rapists, pedophiles, or sex murderers, some decades ago. Do you feel you belong into the same category? Certainly not! (It never really worked anyway…)

Several of us may be internet addicts, heavy smokers, notorious drunkards, or even junkies. These are addictions which can be cured by experienced therapists, but almost never without professional help! So why do you think you can cure yourself from an essential part of your personality while all others need a pro?

And tickling is neither a disease nor an addiction, as long as you remember your duties to your work, your family, and your friends. Only if you start to neglect one of these, you may have a problem, but one you can't solve by just dumping your tickle material. Even if you think of tickling as an obsession in the religious meaning of the word, you'd need an experienced extortionist to drive out the demons.

But tickling in itself is not dangerous, it's not a sin (or do you know a commandment called 'Thou Shalt Not Tickle'?), and its not an addiction. Some men like women with big silicon containers as breasts, some love a great ass, long legs, or beautiful feet. Some like tickling, and some don't, that's it, period.

Something from the scientific corner: Did you know that several experienced therapists use tickling to cure female orgasm problems? Many women just can't let go of their inhibitions, caused by extremely religious or stern parents, and tickling helps them to overcome the unwanted control of their minds over their bodies.

And: tickling produces laughter (at least in a consensual atmosphere with the right partner), and laughter is a scientifically well respected stress reducer. Laughing makes us all feel good; our glands pour out generous amounts of Serotonin, endorphins, pheromones, and other sex hormones. So, by tickling, you're doing the world a small service by making somebody feel good. I've tickled about 50 women in my life (one of them, my ex-wife, for 18 years!), and they unanimously told me afterwards that they feel just great! Like after a good work-out, or even like after an orgasm. Tell me, what reason can there be to make you want to purge yourself for this?

 

[TICKLERBOY123]

I wonder what causes these pangs of guilt that we are all afflicted by to some extent or other. For me when i felt ashamed of my interest in tickling i would rid myself of all things affiliated with this fetish and commit myself to making a fresh start. However, often only days later i would regret my purging or materials. I oftenm wonder why society has such a problem with us tickle enthusiasts. Perhaps it is because tickling has never been to them about sexual interaction - but merely playful stimulation. When i used to think about this a lot - when i was younger - i considered other aspects of of sexuality more galling. For example, as i was growing up, sex would only encroach upon my life during sordid porn movies etc. and to me these were much more unappealing than merely tickling a girl. Indeed society is more willing to accept homosexuals - against which i hold no phobia or resentment - than ticklephilles. I think i can offer the best explanation as to why this may be - i my experiences anyway....
People are often infuriated by seeing a girl tied up and begging for her torture to end whilst also witnessing her tormentor enjoying his power and the struggles of the girl. In fact i would often get very cros with myself for enjoying the torment of the girl - who was obviously not having a very great time. Well thats my tuppence worth!

 

[Oblesklk]

I guess I'm lucky in that regard, I never felt any guilt associated with my love of tickling. I have done one or two minor "purges," as they were, but they had nothing to do with being wracked with guilt, or a need to "cure myself of my affliction." They were because I would be getting a new roommate, and just didn't want to have that kind of discovery lying about. Instead of going across town to find an anonymous dumpster, I'd just break up any tapes, tear up any papers, and call it good.

But this lack of guilt and lack of a need to cleanse myself of tickling probably stems from two factors:

1. I've never been introduced to any social/religious atmosphere that would give me a cause for shame, in any aspect of my personality
2. I've never felt alone being a tickler.

By that second one, I mean that ever since I realized how deep rooted the tickling went, I never felt as though I were the only one. It just never made sense. I knew there had to be other ticklers/ticklees out there in the world, it was just a matter of time. And lo and behold, the internet just happens to go mainstream roughly during my first year of college. Nice coincedence 🙂

At any rate, I do empathize with you who have tried to cure yourselves of this interest, and will always welcome you back with open arms when you realize you can fool the entire world except your own heart...

 

[dvnc]

Heck, now I 'member why I always liked you, Oblesklk. You're one serene cat!

dvnc

 

[TMF Jeff]

Did you guys notice ToYou is leaving too? Maybe its seasonal? Im just speculating wildly here without reflection, but some aspects of human emotion are generally seasonal, and maybe the Purge is somehow connected to that.

 

[dvnc]

y'may be onto somethin', Jeff, 'cause these tend to go in waves, with groups disappearin' all at once.

I'm realizin' there's another thing that causes this, that's startin' t'affect me - datin'. The more serious an involvement, the more likely I'll a) drop out of the scene for a while and b) forget to download stuff.

Wonder what the deal is?

To add to the purge, btw, is the fact that most Go Underground at the same time. Goin' Underground seems to be related, and those that don't Purge still seem t'Go Underground now and again. Heck, I've been known t'do that. Just not for the gatherings folks.

dvnc

 

[Kujman1]

To Purge, or not to Purge......

Guess I'll put my Psychology degree to work here- I've been using it to line my Parrot cage lately. Might as well turn it upon my own journey with tickling......

As usual for the TMF- all great replies and some indepth sharing.

Boil it all down- tickling, s/m, bondage, 24/7- and it all comes down to simple power exchange. You have the power to cause and control another's reactions, albeit with tickling in a more civilized fashion than putting a red hot iron to their skin. Some are more intense, other's are light... some are fanatics about it, others can give and take... still others view it and use it as passing fancy and move onto other areas.

People differ so greatly about what sexually motivates them. Ticklers usually never agree, and it's a shame that for most ticklers, that's the ONLY thing any of them have in common- they would never come into contact with each other for any reason than that... that sounds "cheap", I know... but in practice it has more value. And probably if you boil it down further, the reason for many gatherings is that people feel like "outcasts" or estranged from the "normal" sexual world due to their love of tickling, and more or less seek each other-the minority- for support and to make themselves feel better about what they do. They share or dispurse any anxieties that they might have, and, for a while, feel that they're "ok". To some degree, people in theater are known for that, so are those in racing. I'm thankful that I've always had confidence in what path I take- but not everyone can be like that in life.

Seldom are two people alike... except for ONE thing everyone has in common: people change.

Well, intelligent ones do, rather. Some guys I know in their 50's act the same way they did when they were 17- usually towards women and in bars of course. But Im talking about the norm here. People grow. They go from Sesame Street to CNN. What "does it for them" at one age, does nothing for them at another age. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not. And sometimes... we just run out of steam due to total disillusion.

I've been on the latter end of that. In the later 1980's through many years into the 1990's (with the exception of doing fairs and sororitys privately and are not fetish involved) I completely walked away from any fetish world associations. I was sick of it- more so of the people IN it. I was offered great money from HOM to do work again- but had just had enough of the people in this scene (who for the most part have not changed at all)...... and I really never thought about it in all those years, and even any slight tickling I did was mechanical and had no effect on me.

I took all my devices, stocks, creations... even the first stocks I ever made as a kid... and put them all in rented storage.

I've been asked "why" many times, and the answer never varies: I'd been at it in the public fetish forum since age 16... and like many claim here, had done it years earlier than that. I'd photograhed all my stuff from age 11 on up... built just abut everything I dreamed up... created new devices... went out and did public stuff, private stuff, sorority stuff...... you name it....

...... and at some point I just realized there was nothing left to reach for. I'd had gone as high as you can go, and sometimes even over that edge. Just like I had worn out my White Album, so had I worn out tickling.

And I suspect that many who have left or are leaving went the very same way as I did and for equal reasons.

My make-up is simple, and was worded better than I could have done by Ticklegal: she says I like to create the Disneyworld of tickling for people at theme events... find out what THEIR dreams are, and make them into full-blown reality. That's my kick. There just wasn't anyone out there who could take those rides- they wanted kiddy-go-rounds.... and I was talking super coasters with emotional connections. So I gave up on trying to create a community which I knew could never exist- not in my life's time at least. It never will.

To younger people here in their teens (over 18!!!!!!!!!) and 20's, who are new to it all like kids in a candy store, and thinking I'm some sort of extinct tickling Dinosoar.... and saying "Ha! They'll never be me! "... I sit back in my computer chair and giggle and think to myself, 'just wait'.

It took several years before a (then soon-to-be) friend of mine named Mike from Dallas actually tracked me down, and brought me back into public view. The world had changed by then- but not the people. Different names, same attitudes. Only NOW they could do it from the ease of their homes behind a keyboard. I was surprised to come online and found [well known guy] pretending to be ME online already. I even had an argument with myself in IM's... until I proved I was me. He had done everything but show up at my Mother's house for Thanksgiving.

So... my absence was over.... and although the same "newness" to it all wasn't there, and I lacked some spark because I could tell you what someone was going to say or do waaaaaaaay before they did it ( it was all so repetitive)... I still found I had a lot give and teach... and many many fans came out of the woodwork and I was surprised to see how many lives I influenced through my early work when it was all new.

And to new people, beleive me- I'm NO dinosaur...... come spend a few days with me at one of our events and you'll see.

So you can never take the furture for granted. People change. What you wish for today may not have the same feel once you get it tomorrow... BUT a year later you make want it all over again.

Now some take a sabbatical and let religion take the rap for it- but that's just the "Crutch of Christ" as I call it. Don't use him for your fetish woes- he's needed in other areas much more so I assume. Like on Superbowl Sunday.

Others claim "personal relationship woes", which is probably more honest and I applaud their efforts to get their relationships working.

Some, like me, just get disallusioned. And I'm on the edge of that now. Nothing changes much anymore. I love meatloaf- but not every darn day, please! Without the need for creativity- there's little else to reach for. But people don't want creativity and extravaganzs... they want quickies. That's not my area. So I'm really bored. I have much more fun in the world of S/M.

Ticklegal took away a lot of that disillusion, we've done a lot and hold our events here in San Fran- she had the first female site up about tickling, and I admire her for that greatly, that took guts- but even she suffers from disillusion too, as she sees the same circle going round and round... and trying to locate others for these great events in CA- others with any creativity and willing to try new levels and things- is like trying to find someone who can count in Florida. It's not worth the effort.

So, does that mean we will be leaving next?? Doubtful, but as DVNC says, maybe just become a shadowy figure underground. Or maybe like King Arthur, we'll gather our Knights and disappear into a cave until such a time when the world is ready to try again.

More realistically, we'll vanish into our Palace. We had a great theme site all done, but modern technology (beleive it or not) can't keep up with what we create for it. Virtual reality, interaction and the like....... but until such time as download times are shortened and other techincal troubles can be eased for everyone- and until people are ready to accept a theme site- it just sits here. We may open an abbreviated version of the site, watered down so that the majority can see it- and leave you to imagine what the full version is like.

So, with all that rambling over... let me say, when it comes to "guilt" or the need to purge- just drop the feeling from your emotional makeup. It weighs you down, and your life has better things planned for you. Do as you feel- give it 110%, and beleive in what you do.

And when you finally gain membership in the bone yard, you'll go there w/o a regret and a smile on your kisser knowing you did all you wanted to do in this life.

(next life, choose sexy underwear as your fetish- it's more universally accepted)

 

[drkjedi458]

iv been through this many times. iv gotten rid of several videos i kicked myself for later (ticklish snoop is one that never survived the purge and im still kicking myself years later) sometimes it has been for religious reasons and sometimes for simple fear of discovery.i dont struggle with the religious concept the way i used to because like everyone else here its hardwired into my brain and i came to the conclusion that i am the way god made me to be....fear of discovery on the other hand is a fear iv never been able to cope with. you can tell yourself a million times that its just another expression of sexuality but when anyone gets to close to where you got your videos and magazines hid the ugly word "pervert" always comes floating to the surface. are we perverts? no...but there are always those who refuse to see it different and you never really know how someones going to react until its over and done with. to me thats a nightmare....people looking at you funny...whispered conversations that stop when you come into the room....im a very private person in the first place and iv gone to great length over the years to prevent that and nobody who knows me face to face is the wiser....does this mean im wrong to like tickling? no..it means im paranoid...its easy to say my family and friends would love me just as much regardless but always in the back of my mind is that ugly word....fear is a powerful thing and i think it important that we support the people who are afraid just as much as we do the ones who are 100 percent open about it....fear is the number one motivation for lurkers...there could be a bazillion ticklephiles in the world and wed never know it cause the greatest portion of them are afraid of being condemed by society as being to different to be acceptable. is this rational? i dont think so cause we live in sexually enlightened times but nonetheless the fear remains and that as they say..is that. just my opinion

 

[Longbaugh]

Me too

I've been through the purge about four times and I'm still fairly young. The purge won't happen anymore because I don't care and I've excepted this fetish as a part of me. I have over 35 videos, FM's tickling DVD, several issues of TFTA and a couple of books with tickling in them ('Man with a Maid') ect, and I plan on continuing my video/DVD purchasing. I still have a small fear realatives, friends and coworkers will find out, but yet again I don't care. I live in America and the tickling stuff I have and watch is all legal with consenting adults. Nothing I do is wrong and I won't let anyone make me feel strange about it if it gets out. Lots of people have fetishes and what makes my fun and innocent fetish worse than another. If I die before I'm married( I plan on eventualy sharing this fetish with the woman I marry ) and my family goes through my stuff their in for a shock. That use to concern me, then it hit me I'd be dead and won't care. I'm still alive and don't care. I'd rather have my family members stumble across my videos than be diagnosed with cancer. My point is there's worse things that could happen.

 

[Strelnikov]

Thanks, Everybody

Capt. Spalding - As usual, you have something worthwhile to say. A word of caution, if you dumpster dive around here, bring a shotgun to defend yourself from the roaches.

Max - I didn't realize the term was yours. Appropriate though. I completely understand how you feel, having gone through the purge a number of times myself.

Morandilas - Good article, should be required reading for our newest members.

Haltickling, DVNC, DJ and others - Yes, we should accept ourselves and be upfront about our nature. Well and good, but these are not really sexually enlightened times. Coming out isn't an option for everyone. If you knew what I do for a living, you would understand.

Kujman - I guess you can burn out on tickling, just like anything else. Hope it never happens to me.

You young guys - Hal and DVNC are right. Think about what they say in their posts. If I had been able to communicate with people like them when I was younger, I might not have felt the need to purge.

Strelnikov

 

[toneus79]

My oh My; does this strike a chord with everyone or what ? When I think of all those California Star Videos and Mags I've dumped in the past; well it just doesn't bear thinking about.

I think as you get older, the more you come to terms with Tickling as a fetish anyway. The way I see things these days are:

1) Whatever about anyone else, Tickling is a 100% Sexual thing with me anyway. Therefore, until old age shuts down the whole chemical sexual thing, it is not something that can be suppressed for long.

2) I am a Religious person, and I respect anyone who either sees Religion as an answer to this, or alternatively as something incompatible with this. However, I would say to anyone who wants to square this particular circle; accept that you are a sinner. If you look at your life hard enough, you will find that Tickling is probably the least of the Sins, you are involved with. The god I believe in (and I suspect yours), loves sinners. As long as you are not partaking in anything non-consensual (which applies to all sexual practice), I think you should be in the clear.

Regards
Toneus79

 

[qjakal]

Yup yup

How can anyone on this forum NOT comment on this thread? It goes directly to the heart of what we are, and how we are perceived by society at large. For almost 50 years I've known what effect even the word "tickle" has upon me, and I am STILL amazed at the intensity of the emotion it invokes. The Purge is alive and well in all of us, but will affect our younger members more strongly, as they have yet to assimilate enough self confidence and experience to resist the urge to appear..."normal"...in the traditional sense. We are a minority. But,there are MANY of us. More than I thought when I was a younger man. The internet is a gift to our community, and one that allows us an outlet and emotional sustenance that was previously unavailable. Are we "afflicted", or perhaps a better term would be "blessed" with this fetish? Hard to be objective, since we don't have the wiring to feel otherwise, hmmm? Anything that brings the level of emotional intensity that tickling has and does seems to me to be beneficial. Only the members of this group and our "hidden" brethren know how intense the reaction to tickling can be for us. The post about bookmarking and rereading struck a chord. I thought I might be the only one doing these things...lol. I took to using Ann Landers clippings that featured tickling to mark spots in books that did the same! We are an intelligent efficient group, that spans economic and social stratas. As many have already noted, the ingenuity required to satisfy our cravings is more than most of the rest of the world is capable of, and we have to do it with shaking hands and voices, and trembling stomach muscles! Walking the fine line between needing to tickle and embarassing ourselves by making it happen is challenging indeed! I suspect we would make a fine corp of diplomats should world peace ever need discussing! 😛

 

[Dionysus]

Obviously, almost all of us have apparently gone through "the purge". It must be some sort of rite of passage or something I guess. I myself suffered through it like so many others, several times, for varying reasons.

The last time was years ago, and I no longer have any fears about "the purge". I managed to accept my desires for what they are a long time ago, and with an understanding that it isn't some evil, wretched thing.....it's just tickling for crying out loud. Big deal. If I get lucky enough to encounter an intelligent lady who also enjoys being tickled silly, GREAT!. If not, oh well. Life goes on.

Just my thoughts on this subject.😛

 

[Daumantas]

Keep in mind, you could die on the operating table from the wrong kind of purgery....🙂

As far as religion goes, I am a believer but I do not pretend to be a saint. (Generally speaking, the ones who do are the ones to watch out for.) I don't know how I'll be judged in the end; I just have faith that if the good Lord made me this way, it must have been for a reason, and that He won't hold it against me. I just try to do the best I can with the equipment I've been given (or, to put it another way, if you're Tom Hanks and your only companion is a volleyball, you put fake hair on it and call it Wilson).

As far as feeling guilty within earthly (as opposed to religious) boundaries goes, consider that we live in a world where corporate bigshots, on a daily basis, screw people by robbing them of their dignity and sanity, by polluting their air and drinking water, by selling them deadly products, and after all that by dumping them on the street whenever their profit margins shrink. I refuse to apologize to any of these people for fantasizing about tickling women. They're the ones who owe the rest of us an explanation for THEIR "deviant behavior."

As far as worry about wasting your time here, the important thing is not to be obsessed (God knows I'm not; my apologies to Nylon Dungeon fans for a lack of stories lately, as I've had a nasty case of writer's block). So, to prove that we're all not obsessed, here's some random thoughts that have NOTHING to do with the topic at hand:
1. Do you like your scrambled eggs really well-done, or do you like them scrambled just light and fluffy? (I'm a light and fluffy man myself, but the missus prefers well-done, so we usually end up cooking two pans of eggs).
2. Were you disappointed to find out that the "ancient Chinese secret" was actually just Calgon?
3. Why, whenever you take a drive through the countryside, do you come across a farmhouse with what looks like the Outdoor Museum of Junked Cars in front?
4. As they used to say about the Kiss dolls: "Collect all four!"

See? Not a THING in there about tickling.

Finally, if you've thrown stuff away, you can console yourself by imagining what the fictional characters in the Nylon Dungeon would experience in the event they were struck by the Purge. Just think what it would cost to build that whole facility all over again...🙂

 

[Strelnikov]

RESET

Let's send this one back up to the top again.

Strelnikov

 

[dvnc]

ROFL! Strel, did Q's mention of this thread inspire ya t'kick it back into play?

 

[Dave2112]

Wonderful, first the Great Jedi Purge of the pre-empire days, and now the tickling purge!

AACCCKKK!!!

Seriously, I've never really felt that. I've gotten burned out, no question, but I get burned out on a lot of things I'm usually interested in. I'm a semi-professional musician, and I go for months or even years once without playing due to burn-out.

I've never gotten burned out on tickling for THAT long, but it does happen.

As far as purging, though, nope. It's hard-wired into my brain and is a part of who I am. I don't think it would ever go away even if I wanted it to.

Which I don't.....

(P.S. I was in a band called Dionysus once, great screen name!)

 

[mykal]

The one and only time that I did The Purge was back before the tickling community really had a presence on the Internet. At the time, I felt that the effect that tickling had on me just couldn't be normal, hence the purge.

Now, while I am still not completely comfortable with my tickling fetish, I am in no danger of another Purge.