Why can't you tickle yourslef?
822445
because most people don't sit around and try to amuse themselves by tickling them... losa
1156945
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511544
it is the same theory as why you know when you are hurting .it is your brains autonomic reaction to an action.pinch yourself and it will hurt but not as much as if some one else did it unexpectedly so tickle yourself you know whats going to happen so your mind tells you it does not feel the same,therefore it does not tickle .you feel some sensation but not the same reaction
960501
I laughed when I saw this question... I am almost 30 years old and still cannot keep my composure when I am being tickled.  \n\nIt does not matter where, neck..thighs...underside of the arm...belly...feet...etc.  It drives me crazy.  As soon as people learn about it they use it for their benefit.  I on the other hand, wish I could make it stop.  \n\nBottom line is, you could get me to tell you whatever you wanted to hear by tickling me... or at least.. a well thought out lie......!\n\nLOL\nmandy
445704
It's a nerve reflex which is unique to you. Some people are ticklish on a specific place on their bodies which triggers a laugh response while others aren't. The same goes for your ear/s, you have a unique nerve ending which triggers a cough response!
124973
The excitement of not knowing exactly what is going to happen. You can enjoy it more if you just lay back and relax without having to do all the work. Probably the same reason why you can't tickle yourself. I don't know if I completely agree with that though...sometimes it feels better to touch myself than to have someone else do it lol.
614016
A lady friend of mine was tickling me for almost an hour last week.  She tickled my bare feet as well as my stomach, sides and armpits and she was not being gentle all the time.\n\nI was laughing very hard and loud as she squeezed my sides and ribs and I was laughing very hard and loud as she tickled my feet.\n\nIt all depends on how skilled the tickler is, how he/she is tickling you and where you are most ticklish.
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Other than Ms Demanda (who is not weird), people can't because the brain "knows" where the tickling is going to occur and so isn't surprised. That's an antromorphic way of looking at it, but it is basically the answer.\n\nExperiments have been done on this (really) where people had a little gadget that when they pushed a button a little pokey thing would try and tickle them. It didn't work - unless there was a delay built into the device. In other words you push the button and the little pokey thing doesn't poke until 1.3 seconds later.
530132
I would advise your control tolerance being trained...daily set aside time to discipline your reaction to "things that tickle" over a period of time with moderation... "a little tickle is cute" ( : it is not a bad thing to be sensitive as long as you can control it not to be annoying to you or offensive to others.
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LOL!!! I haven't been tied up and tickled, but I've been tickled unmercifully. If you're bragging.. congrats.. if not.. Tell her you don't like it. If she's ticklish.. Do it to her. XD.. This will make for a lot of good memories. I can tell. Have fun..
96633
you know exactly where to stop before the pinch really hurts ... the other person doesn't.  It's similar to why you can't tickle yourself ... you are expecting it.
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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.
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Torture is the one....I get uncontrollably violent if tickling persists\n\nThere is an old English saying\n\n"Avoid a tickled Englishman with an axe in his hands and panties on his head!!"
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Because we are the ones tickling the person
23401
The sensation is derived from the sudden feeling that the brain did not expected to sensor. This would also explain why you cannot tickle yourself- because your brain knows it will be done.
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um, i have no real experience, hah. But I wud rather have them tickled with the fingers, by my g/f, bcuz that wud just make me feel happy and i dk, it wud just be better than ne thing else u cud use.