And yet tickling myself sets off the same sensation as if someone else were tickling me.kikazaru said:According to this article http://science.howstuffworks.com/question511.htm
tickling sets off a fear panic response in the body and your muscles will always know if it is yourself doing the tickling, so no need to panic.
Hugging and kissing myself doesn't seem to have the same effect as someone else. Kissing my arm gives me no satisfaction whatsoever.writerterri said:How come we can laugh at ourselves but we don't hug and kiss ourselves when we need it?
psy7ven said:Wait! Now that I think about it, I remember a time when I was having anxiety and I laughed. It was when I was pregnant with my daughter and she was breech. The doctor was performing an ECV (External Cephalic Version).
During the process I began to laugh as if I had been told a very amusing joke. The doctor stopped for a moment and said, "I've never had a patient react like that before." I continued to laugh until the procedure was complete. My base emotion was fear and yet my reaction to it was laughter.
I suppose that was my way of coping at the time.
psy7ven
psy7ven said:Oh that reminds me, have any of you ever heard of the choking game?see link for more info:
http://www.connectwithkids.com/tipsheet/2005/235_jun29/choke.html
Oh no! I'm going there tomorrow to have a tooth pulled. Any suggestions?Bufty said:One place I can't stop laughing is the Dentist's chair - when she's polishing my teeth.
I laugh when I am being tickled and I absolutely HATE to be tickled! I go into near hysterics and that seems to be EVERYONE'S sign to continue tickling me, usually with even more gusto. Hubby has finally gotten the message. The last time he tickle-attacked me, he stopped for a second to let me catch my breath and in that second I bent all of his fingers completely backward with one hand and slapped the piss out of him with the other. Bear in mind that these are things I would NEVER do, and normally couldn't do - he's way stronger than me. It was just my reaction to being tickled. I think it's cruel, and unfortunately a lot of ticklers think it's funny especially since the tickle-ee is laughing.Puddle Jumper said:I think the only reason we laugh is because when we're being tickled we know the other person is playing with us, which would be different if they were attacking us.