Why can't we tickle ourselves?
462425
you can! brush yourself with a feather when you're not looking. fuuun!\n\nyou can't tickle yourself with your fingers because your brain knows where they're going to be beforehand. but your brain can't predict where each bristle on a feather will touch!
930542
its probably that you like to see women enjoying themselves - and you being in control\n\ntry untieing them and let them tickle you too - you might enjoy this more
990737
thats a really good question. i was curious myself. i couldn't find too many "actual" answers. no one really knows why. i did find the following article that explained it (sort of).\n\nif you don't feel like reading it. in summary...laughing is a built-in reflex when tickled and we dont' laugh when we tickle ourselves because we know its coming. Our brain needs tension and surprise for us to really be tickled. A part of the brain says to the other part of the brain "It's just you. Don't get excited"\n\nhope that helps
34976
I can roll my tongue. So it looks like there's a small piece of lunch meat sticking out of your mouth? I don't know the ratio of people who can do this to people who can't, but yeah, I can. o_O
1035389
I love being ticklish and having women tickle me. It's fun and intimate. If anything, it's a plus.
714600
*Laughing* \n\nYou need to get your Meds checked because your not well...
309823
This is an automatic response since the caveman time. (seriously) It has to do with the "fight of flight" response that your brain triggers when in danger. When you are being tickled, it is actually percieved as an attack (like from a predator). Your brain then realizes that there is no threat, so that "fight or flight" response is not triggered.
678430
Can't really explain it. Well the reason for it other than we see something funny and we laugh. I can't explain a laugh but I know laughter is a wonderful form of stress relief. It's very important to have a sense of humor and to be able to laugh and live happy. If you want a scientific background, research etc I have enclosed a few sites. Maybe this will help clear somethings up for you. I also know laughter is very contagious. I was laughing so hard earlier at my husband on the phone I had other people around me laughing just because I was laughing. I was eventually laughing so hard I forgot why I was laughing in the first place! One of the sites listed I think it's the 3rd actually says laughter is good for you and helps your blood vessels function better! Also listed is a book that might catch your interest.
986079
There are two reasons...\n\n\n1. People take faulty tests. This is mostly tickles fault. A lot of people take tickles test seriously when it should not be taken seriously. I know someone personally that was tested by a psychologist at an IQ of 96, and scored 124 on tickles test. \n\nTickles test is also jokingly easy. I think some people that have taken tickles test and liked their result would be absolutely devastated if they took a real test...not only because of how difficult it was, but because of how much their score dropped. It's almost unfair of tickle to propagate faulty advertisements like that, claiming to be legit when they are not. \n\n2. People are going to lie and post scores that are higher than they actually are. Think of it like the male penis. Noones going to tell you they have something below average...\n\n\n\nThe internet population, by definition, should have an above average IQ...however, there should still be plenty of scores in the 80's and 90's.
178702
Just concentrate really hard on not being ticklish. Always works for me. Good luck!
43077
Your body doesn't make the determination, your mind does. We all have different triggers that start the laugh response, some physical (like tickling), some visual and some aural. It's how our mind perceives that particular circumstance. We all see things differently.
651310
being ticklish is all in the head  i use to be very very ticklish  now I'm not at all if you want to make yourself laugh  look in the mirror and just start laughing and in seconds you well be truly laughing. and you''ll have a better out look on life. and it improves your moods.
470790
I don't think it's embarrassing. I actually think it can be fun. I haven't been tickle tortured by any of my siblings but I did have an older cousin who was really silly and when I was a kid she loved to tickle me. Once she tickled me until I could hardly breath at all. My sides were hurting from laughing so hard and I was flopping all over the place trying to get away from her but it was all in good fun. That's one of my most favorite memories from my childhood.
297917
It has to do with feedback. Whether you acknowledge it consciously or not, you are aware of the movements of your different body parts, what they are doing, etc, even if your eyes are closed. Even if you are deaf. If I remember right, this is called propiocentrics (don't quote me though). So if you touch your own arm, you not only feel your arm being touched, you feel that your hand is touching your arm, which confirms that it is you doing the touching. This is feedback.\n\nThis is why a numb limb can be very creepy. Ever wake up with your arm asleep and think someone else's arm is hanging over you? It's a rather common occurence. The feeling of numbness results partly from a lack of feedback. If your arm is numb, you can't confirm that you are touching that arm (unless you look, but that's only a substitute for sensory feebback).\n\nSo if you will notice, you can be tickled by a lot of different things. Feathers, hands, pretty muchh anything that's not too hard and pointy poking you the right way will tickle, except for your own hands. For some reason, this feedback interrupts the tickle reflex. I don't know why, but it could be because tickling is a social activity. It mihgt be something meant to be used in play, to strengthen social bonds, or it might be a way the body warns you it is being attacked. Either way, it would serve no purpose to tickle yourself. Those are just guesses though (and not very good ones).\n\nThe simplest answer is sensory feedback inhibits the tickle reflex.
630744
Because you touch yourself.
303604
By tickling yourself, your body is already preparing itself for the feeling. It's the same way that you might jump when someone lays a hand on you in the dark, while putting your own hand on your arm does nothing to scare you. Your mind already knows what to expect.
635182
There is nothing wrong with being lesbian or having a tickle fetish.\n\nI also don't think your activities are a problem as long as you are not tickling them to the point where they do not think it is fun.