why can't you tickle yourself ??
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I believe it has something to do with your cerebellum being able to detect expected and unexpected sensations. A reasonable explanation can be found here: http://science.howstuffworks.com/question511.htm
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Read why here:\nhttp://science.howstuffworks.com/question511.htm\n\nThe root of the answer to your question lays in this paragraph from the above page:\n"Brain 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."
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ya! i luv tickling my bf! he acts sooo tough but if i tickle him in just the right spot hes reduced a squirming giggling mess. and his laugh is sooo cute! but then he goes and tickles me back and i am sooo ticklish that i like die! lol but yes i do luv to tickle him!
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HI IQ seems to be really serious. They have more interesting tests than tickle and if your are over 124, you can join and be a part of the think tank, games, forum.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tickling
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im your male/female friend cant stimulate you i think you will have to do it yourself...\n*****buzzzz******
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The element of surprise! your brain doesn't know when someone is going to tickle you, unlike if you tickle your self your brain knows what and when it's going to happen\nor for more info go here:\n  http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/050628_brain_tickle.html
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When somebody tickle you and you laught. That's the protect reaction. But when you try to tickle yourself, your brain knows that's no need to be protected.
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It depends upon who is tickling me.  If its a gal I love, I love it, and I'll tickle back.  If its anybody else, it's quite annoying.
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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.
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Tickling doesn't prove she loves him!\n\nit means she is either shy or nervous.
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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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go to tickle.com  Yeah I know it sounds funny but its not. its exactly what youre looking for....
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because most people don't sit around and try to amuse themselves by tickling them... losa
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depends - I'd say soles of feet, armpits or areas that do not normally get touched by others - tickling is a reaction to uncomfortable touching by others you may not trust completely... it's true - it's why you can not tickle yourself.
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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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This power of suggestion does not affect everybody equally.  People differ.\n\nI am often on another science forum, where a FAQ asks why people yawn, if they see other people yawn, or even read / hear discussion of yawning.  It does not happen to me!\n\nThey also ask why people cannot tickle themselves.  I can.  (BTW, I am not schizophrenic; recent research links ability TO tickle oneself with being schizophrenic!)