Is laughter a natural response to being tickled against your will?
I heard that laughter isn't a response you can control, even in a situation like that where you don't want to be touched?
Ooooooh...
I've been way ticklish all my life
and I learned real young
DON'T TRY TO HOLD IT IN!
You can try hard not to laugh
when being tickled but it makes the
sensation worse and brings on
loss of bladder control.
I could only hold it a minute or
so anyway. Then my reflexes took
over and I was screaming laughing
so hard.
Yes, the laughter is an automatic
reflex you can't help, even if you
get angry or cry they can force
it out of you.
I've been way ticklish all my life
and I learned real young
DON'T TRY TO HOLD IT IN!
You can try hard not to laugh
when being tickled but it makes the
sensation worse and brings on
loss of bladder control.
I could only hold it a minute or
so anyway. Then my reflexes took
over and I was screaming laughing
so hard.
Yes, the laughter is an automatic
reflex you can't help, even if you
get angry or cry they can force
it out of you.
You can learn to control numerous reactions that you may think are automatic. Most humans are toilet trained, after all.
Unwanted tickling is an aggressive behavior disguised as "playfulness" I don't remember if it provoked me to laugh, but it did provoke me to strike the perpetrator. I gave them an immediate warning that if they didn't stop I'd hit them.
To avoid that scenario, I trained myself to maintain control and not respond to tickling. If you don't react, they stop after about 5 seconds. It takes a bit of effort, but it's a better solution than giving them a bloody nose.
Aggressive tickling should set off red flag warnings about the person who attempts it.
Unwanted tickling is an aggressive behavior disguised as "playfulness" I don't remember if it provoked me to laugh, but it did provoke me to strike the perpetrator. I gave them an immediate warning that if they didn't stop I'd hit them.
To avoid that scenario, I trained myself to maintain control and not respond to tickling. If you don't react, they stop after about 5 seconds. It takes a bit of effort, but it's a better solution than giving them a bloody nose.
Aggressive tickling should set off red flag warnings about the person who attempts it.
Yes it is. But laughter can be controlled to a degree. Have you ever laughed at something to be polite. If so you have controlled your laughter by faking it.
Emotions and sensations are involuntary reactions. So it is not unusual to laugh against your will.
That sounds about right to me.