When I was little, my dad pulled me and my sibs into a tickle fight... But he wouldn't stop when I said no, stop, and when I crawled away to get a rest, he dragged me back in.
That one episode killed my tickle reflex for *decades*. Tickling, it's a huge trust thing for me too. I guess I'm realizing now that I really didn't get touched enough as a child and adolescent, and gentle touch was even more rare. I'm forever grateful for my first boyfriend, who did understand, and employ, copious amounts of kind, gentle, loving touch.
Time for me to find more gentle touch in my life, even with Spousetacular being a cuddle bug like he is, it's not enough.
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dancing_serpent
Re: Tickling
Date: 2013-08-07 11:38 pm (UTC)That one episode killed my tickle reflex for *decades*. Tickling, it's a huge trust thing for me too. I guess I'm realizing now that I really didn't get touched enough as a child and adolescent, and gentle touch was even more rare. I'm forever grateful for my first boyfriend, who did understand, and employ, copious amounts of kind, gentle, loving touch.
Time for me to find more gentle touch in my life, even with Spousetacular being a cuddle bug like he is, it's not enough.