If you felt something crawling up your back would you freeze or go into a panic?
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I go into a frenzy and jump up and down, trying to reach it and claw it off of me.  If that doesn't work, I scream at whomsoever is closest, "GET IT!!!"  LOL!\n\nI'm with Pompeii and poor Seddie...I think I am too.  I hate creepy crawlies and did I mention that I scream at the top of my lungs? LOL!  Funny question!
403257
Yes!\n\nOne night I was driving home from work and it was kind of foggy.  As I was going down the road all of a sudden a girl ran out into the middle of the road in front of me.  I slammed on my breaks but did not have enough time so my car passed through the girl.  It was really creepy, because of the fact that if she was alive she probably wouldn't be anymore.  When it happened everything got really cold.
971235
Depends on your momentum when you do so.\n\nIf you're utterly still and blow out air in space, you will move backwards.\n\nWell, your frozen corpse will...
722970
I get this image of a legless body crawling on its arms towards me as I go to bed (lights out already...) It makes me run and leap into bed. I know, stupid hey?
847311
It's weird because it depends on my mood sometimes I get more fearful sometimes I over come it. Like I'm scared of spiders I face that fear couple times but still I never over come it, so I think it takes few times of facing that fear in order to actually be fearless of it. For me anyway.\n\n\nRock on!
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This has been asked here before:\n\nMost of us have a ticklish spot somewhere on our bodies, and it is usually pretty easy to find. For some it's just above the knee, for others it's the back of the neck, and some of us go into fits of laughter if someone grabs our sides. Laughing when another person tickles you is a natural reaction. Scientists have discovered that the feeling experienced when we are tickled causes us to panic and is a natural defense to little creepy crawlers like spiders and bugs. Slight tickles from insects can send a chill through your body letting you know something is crawling on you. \nThat same ticklish feeling sends us into a state of panic and elicits a response of uncontrollable laughter if a person tickles us. It's the moment that you least expect to be tickled and are that causes you to feel extremely uneasy and panicked, which leads to the most intense ticklish feeling. Even if you do know that you are about to be tickled, the fear and unease of someone touching and possibly hurting you causes you to laugh. Some people are so ticklish that they begin laughing even before they are touched. \n\nSo, if someone else's touch can tickle us, why can't we tickle ourselves? Much of the explanation for this question is still unknown, but research has shown that the brain is trained to know what to feel when a person moves or performs any function. We aren't aware of a lot of the sensations generated by our movements. For example, you probably don't pay much attention to your vocal cords when you speak. For the same reason, we can't tickle ourselves. If we grab our sides in an attempt to tickle ourselves, our brain anticipates this contact from the hands and prepares itself for it. By taking away the feeling of unease and panic, the body no longer responds the same as it would if someone else were to tickle us. \n\nBrain scientists at the University College London have pinpointed the cerebellum as the part of the brain that prevents us from self-tickling. The cerebellum is the region located at the base of the brain that monitors our movements. It can distinguish expected sensations from unexpected sensations. An expected sensation would be the amount of pressure your fingers apply to your keyboard while typing. An unexpected sensation would be someone sneaking up behind you and tapping you on the shoulder. While the brain discards the sensation of typing, it pays a lot of attention to someone tapping on your shoulder. The difference in reactions from expected to unexpected is a built-in response that probably developed in early human history to detect predators. \n\nAlthough we are not able to tickle ourselves unassisted, there is a way to trick the brain by using a robot tickler. That's right. With all of the know-how of science and technology, a robot has been designed to allow people to tickle themselves. The same British scientists mentioned above have designed a machine that enables you to tickle yourself by remote control. To use the machine, a person lies on their back with their eyes shut. The robot is located near the person with a piece of soft foam attached to a plastic rod that is controlled by a remote control joystick. When the person activates the rod, the robot will react after a short delay. Even with delays as short as a fifth of a second from the time the person activates the rod until the robot tickled the person's hand, subjects have described the sensation as the same as another person tickling them. So, in a sense, you could tickle yourself with a robotic assistant.
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Goosebumps are actually when the erector pili muscles contract. If you get chilled, you could sneeze and get goose bumps.
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Most of us have a ticklish spot somewhere on our bodies, and it is usually pretty easy to find. For some it's just above the knee, for others it's the back of the neck, and some of us go into fits of laughter if someone grabs our sides. Laughing when another person tickles you is a natural reaction. Scientists have discovered that the feeling experienced when we are tickled causes us to panic and is a natural defense to little creepy crawlers like spiders and bugs. Slight tickles from insects can send a chill through your body letting you know something is crawling on you. \nThat same ticklish feeling sends us into a state of panic and elicits a response of uncontrollable laughter if a person tickles us. It's the moment that you least expect to be tickled and are that causes you to feel extremely uneasy and panicked, which leads to the most intense ticklish feeling. Even if you do know that you are about to be tickled, the fear and unease of someone touching and possibly hurting you causes you to laugh. Some people are so ticklish that they begin laughing even before they are touched. \n\nSo, if someone else's touch can tickle us, why can't we tickle ourselves? Much of the explanation for this question is still unknown, but research has shown that the brain is trained to know what to feel when a person moves or performs any function. We aren't aware of a lot of the sensations generated by our movements. For example, you probably don't pay much attention to your vocal cords when you speak. For the same reason, we can't tickle ourselves. If we grab our sides in an attempt to tickle ourselves, our brain anticipates this contact from the hands and prepares itself for it. By taking away the feeling of unease and panic, the body no longer responds the same as it would if someone else were to tickle us. \n\nBrain scientists at the University College London have pinpointed the cerebellum as the part of the brain that prevents us from self-tickling. The cerebellum is the region located at the base of the brain that monitors our movements. It can distinguish expected sensations from unexpected sensations. An expected sensation would be the amount of pressure your fingers apply to your keyboard while typing. An unexpected sensation would be someone sneaking up behind you and tapping you on the shoulder. While the brain discards the sensation of typing, it pays a lot of attention to someone tapping on your shoulder. The difference in reactions from expected to unexpected is a built-in response that probably developed in early human history to detect predators. \n\nAlthough we are not able to tickle ourselves unassisted, there is a way to trick the brain by using a robot tickler. That's right. With all of the know-how of science and technology, a robot has been designed to allow people to tickle themselves. The same British scientists mentioned above have designed a machine that enables you to tickle yourself by remote control. To use the machine, a person lies on their back with their eyes shut. The robot is located near the person with a piece of soft foam attached to a plastic rod that is controlled by a remote control joystick. When the person activates the rod, the robot will react after a short delay. Even with delays as short as a fifth of a second from the time the person activates the rod until the robot tickled the person's hand, subjects have described the sensation as the same as another person tickling them. So, in a sense, you could tickle yourself with a robotic assistant.
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It's a really common thing to be scared of. It's called Arachniphobia (fear of arachnids). I'm 27 years old, 6' tall and 220lb... and will scream like a little girl and run away if I see a spider.
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Dear Lord I am scared of spiders and ticks.  I had a cousin that got Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever from a tick bite when I was little.  I've been scared of anything with a bunch of legs that looks spider like since then.  I couldn't get in the shower the other day because a spider was in it.  I was late to work because I couldn't get it to wash down the drain.  Sad, but true.
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it could be nervous tics.\n\ni have it happen sometimes.
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Yes. When I was 2, we lived in Florida and I made the mistake of standing on a hill of fire ants. 40 years later, when I'm in bed with my arm under the pillow and it starts to fall asleep and tingle, I go crazy thinking the ants are crawling on me.
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If I was a monkey IN a human brain, I think I would just panic. If I was a tree in the woods and I fell, I would say ouch.
960639
I'm sorry, do you have an itch but can't reach it?
814778
no, but if that happens to you, you should see a doctor!
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I SEE MY SELF RUNNING SCARED. WHAT I would FEEL? THE WALL THAT I WILL  SLAM IN TO WHEN I RUN SCARED IN THE DARK |-(
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True, but my guess is we would have a smile on our face! But a couple of hours? I'm thinking a definite problem is existing in your nerve responses. Kind of similiar to when a record skips or a cd freezes up. My guess is that after a while (as a woman) we'd go numb and very little of the sensation would be felt. I'm not sure if walking will be in order, but I think numbness is a definite maybe. What a thought! Not that I'm willing to try......but what a thought!