Why do people like being tickled?

Answer 1

Most people experience ticklishness as a combination of good and bad. If someone is tickled too long it usually hurts. Even though they may be laughing, inside there is a fear of being helpless, and it can be uncomfortable. Scientists have done studies on the brain during tickling and telling jokes, and though on the outside it looks the same, they both laugh, on the inside the brain is doing very different things. I do not recommend tickling, it is really not fun. I also urge all adults to stop tickling children. It may be cute to make them laugh and smile, but you are programming a lifetime of fear and tension that is stored in their skin and nervous system. Please do not tickle anybody.