Even if it’s objectively not as good, it still feels better when another person does it. Why?
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I think human contact releases certain hormones in the body which, combined with the relaxation of the massage, creates a much nicer sensation.
Doing it alone won’t have the same effect. Kinda like how most people can’t tickle themselves
I think that when someone else gives you a massage, they can find and ease tension in your muscles more effectively. When you try to massage yourself, it’s harder to reach all the right spots, so it doesn’t feel as good as when someone else does it for you.
Your brain intuitively ignores when you touch yourself, otherwise you’d constantly be being distracted by feedback from your own body. It’s the same reason you can’t tickle yourself.
For me it’s because when someone else is massaging me there’s a little element of “surprise”. You don’t know where they’re going to rub next and when they hit the right spot it just feels amazing. If I’m massaging myself I know what’s coming up and it still helps release muscle tension, but it doesn’t “hit” the same when someone else is doing it.
Part of massage is to relax and let your muscles go slack. When you try to massage yourself (aside from using tools ) your muscles are not at rest since you have to use them in order to produce the necessary pressure and movement.
Massages are best done when you relax your muscles.
Massaging yourself will un-relax some of your muscles.
Why do masturbation feels good, but not as much when doing it to yourself?
It’s like how sucking your own dick feels more like sucking dick than getting your dick sucked. The sensations essentially cancel each other out.
There are two basic parts to any touch stimulus:
1. The signal that is sent from your nerves to your brain.
2. Your brain’s expectation and interpretation of the signal that has traveled to it.
The second part works in a very interesting way, and often when your brain knows that you are the one performing the action, it will “turn down” the sensitivity or magnitude of the signal as it processes it.
To see a very interesting example of other ways that #2 can happen, watch this video of the [rubber hand illusion](https://youtu.be/sxwn1w7MJvk?si=A7voZU6-AfwnlRtY).
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