Tickling often occurs in the ribcage, armpits, navel and soles of the feet. Strange, although we probably all do to tickle ourselves We tried it and we didn’t feel much.

Distort one’s thoughts, actions, expression of emotions and perception of reality to schizophrenia Individuals who have it can tickle themselves.

Before we move on to how this happens, let’s see why we can’t tickle ourselves.

To feel the jitters nerves that sense touch must be warned. This excitement takes place in two different parts of our brain. Somatosensory cortex (the part where the sense of touch is interpreted) indicates that the movement that stimulates the nerves in the skin activates the anterior cingulate cortex (the part of our brain that evaluates positive emotions).

Studies and experiments show that these two places in our brain are different when we tickle ourselves than when someone else tickles us. less active to be proven. Our cerebellum identifies the source of the movement when we tickle ourselves, reducing the effect of the two brain regions activated.

Why are responses to self-actualizations diminished in our brains?

The reason why the reactions to the movements we make are reduced in our brain against external stimuli It can increase our sensitivity. If we were warned about every movement we make on ourselves, even the rubbing of our arms against our bodies would disturb us or we would become desensitized to outside physical contact.

So how can people with schizophrenia tickle themselves?

about tickling Van Doorn, who conducted several experiments, also came to a conclusion about patients with schizophrenia. The schizophrenic patients in his experiment could tickle themselves!

According to Doorn’s findings, the subjects’ limbs express delusions or they may have trouble pinpointing the source of their movements. In other words, they are aware that they are actually tickling, but their brains have trouble associating the source of the tickling sensation with the person.

The results of other studies are as follows:

Another theory is that our brain prepares because it knows what we’re going to do. It is estimated that in patients with schizophrenia brain transfer Problems can arise during the operation and they can become itchy as a result.

In a study conducted in 2016, it was revealed that schizophrenia patients can tickle themselves and that the self-actualization of schizophrenia patients suppress tactile results was found to be less than that of healthy people.

To summarise…

If we look at the results of all studies, we can say that; Between self-produced and externally produced sensations in the brains of people with high schizotypal disorders don’t discriminate has flaws.

• Sources: e-psychiatry, Britannica, Tubitak Science Young, BBC, PubMed, Ifl Science