Reaction to tickling at different people is shown differently. Someone has at the same time no unpleasant feelings, and someone in panic is afraid when it is tickled. And in this case knowledge of that from where this fear undertakes and how to cease to be afraid of a tickling very much is useful.
Why we are afraid of a tickling?
The unambiguous opinion of experts on origin of fear of a tickling does not exist. There are several theories of different degree of reliability. One of the most widespread considers a tickling as a peculiar protective reaction of a surface of a body to external irritants. Prehistoric people went without clothes and had to react quickly to touch of a dangerous plant, a bug, snake, etc. Therefore people who are afraid of a tickling got this fear at the genetic level. And laughter from a tickling arises because the brain of the person does not distinguish this action as threat. And at those who are afraid of it everything occurs just the opposite.
How to cease to be afraid of a tickling?
There are several simple exercises for disposal of the irrational fear. Those who wants to understand how not to be afraid of a tickling should not be ashamed of the fear. It will only add difficulties in fight against it. It is necessary to calm down and accept a convenient pose, then by means of the imagination to present all feelings which are usually caused by a tickling. As soon as they really begin to show, it is necessary to switch immediately the attention to something else more pleasant. It is necessary to repeat several times. It is possible to do also other exercise: to ask someone from relatives to tickle you, but in time process to focus not on the feelings, and on a palm of other person. It is necessary to experience completely its heat, weight, roughness of skin. It is possible to use for a training and the special wire massager.