I am curious. what does it feel like to touch another human . . .

[Todd-'o'-Vision]

in anything other than a handshake.


Please describe what other touching feels like.

either just a hand on your shoulder a hand on your cheek anything.

I want to know.

 

[Siren]

It sucks

 

[KillerMuffin]

You've never touched another human that way?

No wonder you're a little tetched.

 

[Starblayde]

the gentle warm caress of a lover's hand across your back, their breath drifting warmly across your shoulder. Her breasts pressed against your chest, hips together, thighs rubbing gently. Silky smooth hair running through your fingertips, the heat of a soft cheek against your own, hearing them breath softly...

 

[Toxico]

I had one bite me once. Does that count?

 

[cymbidia]

Oh Todd. Touch is necessary for our emotional stability. We're creatures of touch and tenderness, organisms that derive strength and stability from the touches we recieve -and give- to those for whom we feel affection.

Come visit me and we'll hug a whole bunch. I know who you are and what you are and why you are the way you are - and you know that about me, too. I'm not suggesting anything sexual - it would be totally inappropriate for us.

But you should be touching other people beyond handshakes, Todd, just for the basic humanity of it. And they should be touching you back in the same manner.


~~~~~
The warmth of a friendly and caring hug is kinda like jumping out of bed in the middle of winter and running to turn on the shower, standing, shivering, while it gets warm, and then stepping in. You moan with delight and all your senses open. It warms you, inside and out, and at that moment, it feels almost better than anything could feel.
~~~~~

 

[*bratcat*]

 

[perks]

But you should be touching other people beyond handshakes, Todd, just for the basic humanity of it. And they should be touching you back in the same manner.

cym is completely correct about this, Todd. Touch is intrinsic to our sanity.

 

[Todd-'o'-Vision]

thank you all for your responses

 

[Impetus]

Three things I don't get enough of when I am away from college:

1) Back Scratches
2) Hugs
3) Meaningfull Physical contact.

Being single is not good.

-I

 

[alexandraaah]

Read the first post then go get yourself a hug, babe.


http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=73052&highlight=skin+hunger

 

[cymbidia]

That's the problem, Alex... he doesn't have anyone from whom he can go get a hug. Todd's a pretty solitary guy. Too bad, too, cuz he's a lovely, warm, open-minded, highly principled person who's going to make some woman a really good husband someday. Unfortunately, there are no candidates for that place in his life (that i know of) at the moment.

 

[seXieleXie]

i know how you feel todd... sometimes i feel like i'm waisting away here at college... there is no one to touch, no one to touch me, even the barest of contact is withdrawn immediately and followed by an apology...

 

[cymbidia]

oh lexie...






b.

 

[scylis]

i know how you feel todd... sometimes i feel like i'm waisting away here at college... there is no one to touch, no one to touch me, even the barest of contact is withdrawn immediately and followed by an apology...

do they think you have the Black Death or something, or are they just in need of a good thumpin'?

people do the same to me, but i'm totally ok with that. my obsessive-compulsiveness makes me threaten and they fear pain and death. unless they're some hot chick.
yeah.....

right. like hot chicks would ever want to touch me.

 

[AzureAngel]

To touch, to be touched.

It's an incredible thing that takes time to understand. I certainly don't. A dear friend spent months of hugging me just so I'd learn how to respond appropriately to an embrace. To hold someone else out of love, romantic or innocent, can be one of the most amazing feelings in the world. For those brief instants - and believe me, it always seems too short, now - I feel impossibly close to that other person. I feel warmed to my core. Important. Secure. Worthwhile. Lost entirely in that person. Like crying, sometimes. *Chuckles.*

It is necessary. And I wish I'd never been exposed to it, at once. It's hard to live without. I look at myself in the wee hours of the morning, when I'm too mentally exhausted to ward off negative thoughts... and for the most part, now, I just long for that.

A hug and a chicken pot pie.

Yes, I had to say something less than serious. It makes me feel balanced.

 

[scylis]

mmmmmm.....

chicken pot pie...

*drools*

 

[AzureAngel]

No kidding, scylis. I'm really hungy now.

 

[MechaBlade]

*hug*

The hug or pat on the back or the occasional wrestling hold I get from guys is warm, and reassuring. It's the feel of confidence and companionship.

The touch I get from a woman as her fingertips caress me is the physical impression of her smell. It is sensual. Or the hug I get from female friends with breasts pressed against me is an embarrassing prick of horniness.

Although I like hugs and other things more, I always feel a little weird when being touched and I am scared to touch other people, especially women. I haven't received that much touch outside of family, and usually if I touch a girl, especially in certain places, I must apologize profusely.

I am curious why you ask.

 

[Tantanah]

Nothing better than a strong pair of hands rubbing the small of my back and moving slowly up and down, rubbing my back...mmmmmm goosebumps!!!!

 

[Guest]

Todd,

Touch is so important to have in life. I will admit to not having enough of it to satisfy my need. When one is touched by another human being the warmth of the person touching you generates such a powerful emotion. That touch penetrates your skin and goes directly to your heart. It creates the feeling of well being inside you. It makes you feel like a vital, living, breathing human being. It creates electrical sparks that travel through your whole body and you can feel it moving inside you. Touch allows us to open up to people, too. Touching is feeling, feeling is caring, caring is sharing. To touch is to share with another that we care about them.

When you feel the brush of a hand across your shoulder, you immediately begin to feel like a new person - rejuvenated, wanted - it makes you begin to smile. It's not about love as in touching a lover; it's about having another human connect with you. We all need to feel like we belong, and the way to achieve that is through touch.

But, touch doesn't necessarily just mean skin to skin. Touch can come from words written, from the look of eyes upon us, from the closeness we feel with another just through the act of a simple smile.

But, having someone touch me makes me feel like I am truly someone worth something. I think, for me, that's what it's all about. Feeling like I am important to someone, feeling like I am needed.

I am a toucher by nature. I like people to know that I care about them by placing my hand on their shoulder or on their arms. I've even touched people on the face when they are in need of having someone close to them to help them through their pain.

When we were children, our parents or others would pat us on the head just to let us know they were there and that they cared about us. I still do that to my son, but now I have to reach on my tippy toes to do it. Yes, touch is important - it allows us to express just how much we do care about another person.

Touch is a very good thing, Todd.

 

[Tim1]

in anything other than a handshake.


Please describe what other touching feels like.

either just a hand on your shoulder a hand on your cheek anything.

I want to know.

OK here it is......Boil some pasta.....drain it really well...put it in a bowl, then stick your hand in it. feels just like that.......GOOD but burns the shit outta ya.

 

[Hamletmaschine]

This thread is very ... um ... touching.

But they're right, Todd. Touch is only one of the 5 means we have of interacting with our environment--the others being, of course, taste, sight, smell, and hearing.

Babies who aren't held and touched often can have developmental difficulties, I believe. I don't know what the consequences are for adults, but I'm sure they must be dire.

Go give someone a hug, fer crying out loud. You might be surprised at how much they appreciate it.

 

[morninggirl5]

Reading through this thread makes me realize how little those of us who live alone ever do touch someone else. It's pretty depressing to realize that the last adult i hugged was someone at school and that was at Christmas.

It must be even worse for a male. They are so constrained by societal dictates that they aren't going to touch a friend or co-worker, and they're really gonna get funny looks if they're hugging a child that is not their own.

 

[april-wine]

A touch, it can bring you great joy, or a pain that crushes....