Tickle Fetish Games and Erotic Tickling

A tickle fetish is an activity that has participants experiencing sexual arousal from being tickled by another person or by doing the tickling. Some people do also get aroused by not being a participant but by watching someone else endure the fetish. There are many ticklish parts of the body, the most popular being the armpits, the ribs, the soles of the feet, the neck, knee, torso, navel, breast, genitals, and others. It has been thought that tickling is a form of flirtatious social play among people, especially with adolescents that involves special intimacy. When parties feel comfortable with the situation and with each other, it can serve as a bit of an outlet for sexual energy. Adults combine this activity with foreplay, erotic games, and sex as well. There are many people that find a tickle fetish to be arousing; many individuals might find tickling of almost any part of their body to be pleasurable, erotic, and arousing, and the fetish includes being aroused from watching others engage in the activity, not just from being a participant. Most adults are known to enjoy tickling, and it can play a part in social courting, and many psychologists suggest that it is an intimate part of foreplay for many people, no matter if they are adults or adolescents. It seems that people who have a tickle fetish are most likely to enjoy and engage in the activity without partaking in any other forms of foreplay or pre sexual activities. There are even some people who find full intercourse less important than the tickling and some may not include it at all in their sexual activity schedule. These are the hardcore folks whose focus is entirely on the tickling to gratify their sexual appetites. There are some people that get together to hold contests and play games to test their endurance for being tickled. This can be for erotic pleasure, amusement, or for both. Usually in these games, participants are involved with some forms of physical restraints such as being tied up, cuffed, or strapped. This adds an element of arousing torture to the game which prevents the person from protecting the ticklish spots and interfering with the game. Some people leave the restraints loose to increase the amount of movement but still prevent protecting those spots. Others would rather have very tight bondage. Some people also use blindfolds in a tickle fetish game to increase the element of surprise and the anxiety.