<human>: Ok this is a strange one to ask but what can I do, I'm not sure if this should have been posted here or r/ihaveissues.

We have been married 3 years now and the relationship seems loving but I have a major problem - it seems my wife has a problem with being overly ticklish.

Yeah it sounds funny, but the situation for me is getting frustrating to the extreme. Early on before we got married I couldn't run my hands over some of her for a bit because it tickled - but in the 5 or so years we have been together its gotten progressively worse to the stage where I cannot touch her skin almost at all without her pulling away because of it. 

Any moving skin on skin contact except from her mid back to shoulders sets her off and I get pushed away, everywhere on her front, sides, legs and face gets an extreme reaction and if I even move my hands towards her say in bed she tenses up expecting the tickle, even holding hands is problematic. Its got to a stage where she won't even initiate any sort of contact like a hug or kiss because she is afraid of it and I feel like a bully if I accidentally set her off.

I haven't found any decent advice online regarding solving the problem, except for immersion therapy involving tying a person up and tickling until they are desensitized - which would get me executed by her as soon as she got the ropes off most likely.

It's become a major strain on our relationship and I worry about it daily - does anyone have advice you could give us any advice in getting over this problem?

Can you provide a brief rundown of the text in within 3 sentences?
<bot>: Wife is so ticklish sexlife = 0, physical contact = 0, we still love each other and miss physical contact.