I flinch when touched

[PacificBlue]

I have been doing this for as long as I remember. Even if I see you reaching out for me sometimes I involuntarily flinch. It's worse when I don't see you and you come up from behind and put your hand on my back.

Here's my thought...I'm wondering if I start getting massages if the repeated action of having someone's hands on my body would take care of this annoying little trait.

What do you think?

 

[sunstruck]

I have been doing this for as long as I remember. Even if I see you reaching out for me sometimes I involuntarily flinch. It's worse when I don't see you and you come up from behind and put your hand on my back.

Here's my thought...I'm wondering if I start getting massages if the repeated action of having someone's hands on my body would take care of this annoying little trait.

What do you think?

That's not a bad idea. I have no clue if it'll work, but it seems valid.

 

[PacificBlue]

Also...there have been just a few people in my life that I don't do this with. I haven't figured out what's different about these people...nor have I spent a lot of time and thought in it either. They weren't family members though. weird.

 

[Saint Peter]

As a flincher I can relate. I do think that once a flincher always a flincher. The good side to being a flincher is finding a new career as a hockey goalie or drag racer. Making lemonaide when life gives you lemons kinda thing.

 

[Cheyenne]

Even if it doens't cure your flinch, the massage therapy sounds like a nice relaxing way to work on it!

 

[LukkyKnight]

Even if it doens't cure your flinch, the massage therapy sounds like a nice relaxing way to work on it!

There may be some flaw in this logic, but I can't put my finger on it right now.

 

[rubymyst]

There may be some flaw in this logic, but I can't put my finger on it right now.

would a flincher be able to relax during a massage? is that the flaw in that logic?

 

[427cobra]

sounds like a good plan to me. go for it

 

[SilverVeil]

As a person who does not like to be touched I can say in my experience massage does not help.

Doctor visits are a nightmare for me, I went 16 yrs without having a pelvic exam because they are so traumatic for me. I have to really trust someone before I will feel comfortable having them touch me. Relatives and friends do not understand when they tell their kids to give me a hug or a kiss and I freeze up like a cat caught in headlights. I hate shaking hands.

 

[april-wine]

I have been doing this for as long as I remember. Even if I see you reaching out for me sometimes I involuntarily flinch. It's worse when I don't see you and you come up from behind and put your hand on my back.

Here's my thought...I'm wondering if I start getting massages if the repeated action of having someone's hands on my body would take care of this annoying little trait.

What do you think?

Hmmmm I would volunteer to be your masseuse.....