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Thread about Tourette’s and tic disorders because apparently we need it!
Tourette’s is more than just ‘swearing a lot’. People with Tourette’s and tic disorders can have motor, vocal, and also internal tics. I have both motor and vocal tics. Joking about Tourette’s and saying
Tourette’s is more than just ‘swearing a lot’. People with Tourette’s and tic disorders can have motor, vocal, and also internal tics. I have both motor and vocal tics. Joking about Tourette’s and saying
it’s just swearing a lot is perpetuating a stereotype and I can assure you that none of us appreciate it. Tourette’s is a neurodevelopmental disorder. It often includes behavioural, emotional, and learning issues. Young children with undiagnosed Tourette’s get punished for
movements and sounds out of their control. No matter how old you are, it’s not uncommon to get laughed at. There are so many different behaviours that come hand in hand with Tourette’s, including but not limited to disinhibition, oppositional behaviours, bouts of explosive rage,
immature behaviours, and obsessive compulsive behaviours. Just ‘swearing a lot’ doesn’t even begin to cover Tourette’s and tic disorders, and only 1/10 people with Tourette’s actually have coprolalia (swearing tics). Something less commonly talked about is coprophagia, which is
inappropriate motor tics such as the middle finger (one of my most embarrassing tics, i have given many young children the middle finger). This is a long enough thread as it is and it barely even scratches the surface of Tourette’s, but please do take this as an opportunity to go
educate yourself! There are a bunch of great resources out there, such as a reddit, http://tourette.org , and many sites you can find with a quick google search !! I don’t want to ramble on too much so pls do some research of your own!!
Also feel free to fact check me, just because I have a tic disorder does not mean I know everything about Tourette’s, it’s a different experience for everyone who has it and there may be inaccuracies in this thread !!But this was just what I could remember off the top of my head
