• @HappyFrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 days ago

    I’ve met a couple of people with tourettes, but none of them swore, just siezed up or did a loud scream. How usual is it for people with tourettes to swear instead of the non-verbal kind?

    • Meeech
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      How usual is the swearing type of tourettes? Fairly rare. Most of us just squeek, grunt, and have minor muscle spasms.

      Without cannabis, I turn into a squeaky mother fucker lol

      • @Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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        110 days ago

        Makes me wonder about a guy I knew about a decade ago who would dab like its a nervous tick. Learned from a friend who went on a date with him that he did so even more often after a few drinks

    • @Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
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      11 days ago

      Coprolalia is an occasional characteristic of tic disorders, in particular Tourette syndrome, although it is not required for a diagnosis of Tourette’s and only about 10% of Tourette’s patients exhibit coprolalia.

    • @cynar@lemmy.world
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      611 days ago

      Apparently a lot of people with tourettes can hold it in, to some extent. It’s like holding in a sneeze, however. The longer you hold it, the worse the itch becomes. Eventually it’s coming out, and generally worse the longer it was constrained for.

    • @sheogorath@lemmy.world
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      I’ve met several people with tourettes and when I asked them at the start the ticks wasn’t swearing. But after they had a dream of seeing a wall of dicks or a dick-themed dream in general, the swearing started. I’ve asked several people, but the sample size is still countable by fingers.

      I just think that’s a weird coincidence.