There’s a way to stop the ‘tickle’ when someone’s fingers are accosting you.
ri-science:
How neuroscience can help you control your tickling response
Your brain predicts sensations based on your own movements and isn’t surprised when you try to tickle yourself. To combat the tickly feeling when someone else tickles you, cover their hand with yours.
Your brain can then make predictions about how it’s going to feel, and doesn’t produce the tickle response.
Dr. Emily Grossman explains.
this is important
Also you can punch and/or kick them in the head and firmly establish that they do not have permission to tickle you.
One of the hard-and-fast rules with my kids (boys who are 3 and 5) is that if someone is getting tickled and they say “stop,“ the tickling stops IMMEDIATELY. This applies to every person in our family.
