Tics and Compulsions: The big difference (clear, concise version)

[janeyanna]

Hi, I was wondering if you know why exactly there is a distinction made between 'motor' tics and 'phonic' tics, resulting in four different types of tic disorder.

A 'phonic' tic, after all, is a motor action of the chest muscles and vocal chords.

Wouldn't it make more sense to distinct between 'motor' tics and 'thought' tics (compulsions)?

[veer49]

So my compulsions are autistic compulsions.. I already knew that because I am autistic, but your definition was very recognizable for me and your video was very informative.

[Tictionary]

@kopipeng2000: I'm glad you found it useful. Please feel free to share it with your patients :-)

[kopipeng2000]

my goodness. you've made an excellent and most helpful contribution here. thank you so much for putting this together. really appreciate this! i work as a child / adolescent psychiatrist and would love to show these to a couple of my patients...if you don't mind?

[zombietooth]

is there a relation between tourettes and stuttering? It was interesting as well hearing you also bring up autism and the differences between tourettes

your video is very good, and am learning a lot about the brain from this, I am very

dyslexic and am left handed. many dyslexics are lefties and each persons condition varies and know it is the same with tourettes, it is interesting how vast the brain is as well as the differences between each persons condition. is this chemical or electrical?

[JonahTorn]

When I feel I need to even up I also relate that to sensory overload and noticing how things feel more. I want to even up after being touched on one side. I respond to the fact that I feel different on one part of my body than the other

Ex: My right arm is touched and I feel wrong & want to feel the same way on the other arm. I want to be feel the same on the left and I want it to be cause by the same person or thing that touched the right.

[shriswamiramanand]

very clear, good job!

[SETIat1420MHz]

Awesome, both brilliant and beautiful!!!

[blckscab]

I just wanted to say thank you for making this video. I never really understood why my face twitched.... I would always just say there nervous twitches if anyone asked... Really affected me during my life.

My tics include rolling my eyes and moving my eyebrows, i used to make a noises and uncontrollably nod when i was younger, so im thankfull they have stopped.

So does this mean i may have tourettes?... It seems the older i get, the longer the list gets for my mental problems =(

Thanks again

[mdstalla]

My girlfriend has what I think is a cumpulsion disorder! I didn't know what it was and she's never been diagnosed, but I think (based on your explination) that's probobly what she has. Example: when she gets out of her car, she locks it, unlocks it, locks in...and does this exactly 5 times--counting out loud every tme! She does something simular when standing from a chair. She stands up, moves the chair forward then back ward, forwardcounting to 3 every time. What do you think?

[Janestlllikessecrets]

Wow, you've done an absolutely stllar job explaining these ideas. Very interesting!

[pongoid]

Thanks much for the explanation. You're well spoken, and your accent is a joy. It's a rather interesting insight into behaviors of people with more and less obvious tics and compulsions.

[lost619]

Thank you this did help. It actually still makes me question whether i get tics or compulsions still. I find I have either a very annoying habit or a tic or a compulsion i dunno. i feel a sudden urge to blink. but not normal blinking more like a squint and if i dont do it it feels like theres loads of pressure around my eyes....if that makes sense? tic or compulsion?

[WeAreBullets]

ur definitions r a bit confusin but i think i get it - so, a tic (response 2 involuntary sensation) is lyk the kind of reflex that nevr goes 2 the brain, rather it jumps 2 n from ur spine instantly. but compulsions (response 2 thots) r lyk the kind of reflex that actually goes thru ur brain, so u actually think bout it.

what about crackin my joints? i needa stop the pinching. im pretty bad, n its so automatic, i barely think bout it. i could hold back if i concentrate n not let my gaurd down.

[orangedac]

why no more update videos :(

[wrestlingmydogs]

Would you please make a video about purely obsessional OCD? Also, can any compulsions be a response to a feeling? For instance, when you seek balance by evening up the tension on both sides of the DVD in your "Visual Representation of Evening Up...", is this OCD telling you to seek balance even though the action is caused by a sensation?

[nighthawkram87]

Thanks so much for your well thought out examination of all this. Your thoughts and your ability to teach your ideas are very helpful Continued success.

[shaynapulley]

Well done, great explanation- I'll be sharing this with my doctor.

[dryrotdog]

P.S. My daughter makes no vocalizations when she coughs, its just like if you mildly cleared your throat after eating a greasy hamburger.

[dryrotdog]

(continuing) She can try to hold off from doing it but its like an urge to cough. Doctors can find nothing wrong with her (they scoped her throat too). The doctor today said he thought it was a tic.

My question is does this sound like a tic to you? Seems like a tic is more involuntary with a wider range of muscles that just a cough. My daughter says she's not hiccuping. It looks like she has the hiccups but she's really doing a cough. Thanks for any feedback you may have.

[dryrotdog]

Thanks for your video. If I could ask your opinion? My 9 year old daughter has had a tickle (itch) in her throat for a year. We've taken her to 3 doctors. No medicines work (antihistomines, antiacids, cough meds - none work). Seems to be located just below voice box. She says it "tickles". And she very frequency (2-10 times a minute) will do a small cough (like lightly clearing her throat). There are no other muscle movements- just that. ( to be continued....)

[welovepies]

is this a young boy or a woman? no offence meant jw.

[Tictionary]

@welovepies: Wouldn't it have been more polite to ask 'are you a young boy or a woman?' rather than directing it as though I myself were an object who couldn't answer with 'is this'? But never mind :) I am a woman. I have short hair because my face is sensitive to light touch and I can't stand the feel of my hair brushing against my face.

[welovepies]

oh sorry :)

[Tictionary]

@welovepies: No problem :)

[sexydoomonster12]

Haha he's a dude, he's just joking.

[Tictionary]

@sexydoomonster12: No, I'm not a 'dude'. Though of course your profile says you're ten so I suppose I shouldn't really expect any better from you.

[Cubicle0]

@sexydoomonster12

He's obviously a woman. Just look at his facial structure and listen to his voice.

[Muffinx211]

@Tictionary :3 im not lez or anything but if u were a boy you woulda been kinda cute ^^. But as a woman yur cute too ^^.

[TheHeartlessHeretic]

That's a very interesting theory. The two seem to be similar but also very different at the same time, it makes them difficult to decide on how to classify them, together or separately doesn't it?

I love the way you explained this as well, it's very well done. :D

[phthalogreen]

this was interesting. thank you for this. I have a diagnosis of OCD, and i've never been diagnosed with Tourette's, but I do have tics, or what i've always thought of as tics. they're mostly facial tics, always right side of the face, blinking, but sometimes the whole right side of my body kind of curls up as if someone had startled me.

but i can't think of any sensation (or thoughts) that goes with them. the muscles just contract on their own, and i haven't noticed any pattern to it.

[DCK1NNG]

sometimes well alot i have to close an eyes usually my left cause it dosent feel right and turn my head and look at somethingtell it feels right and i keep doing it its not touretts i can controll it but when i dont do it when my mind tells me to it just dosent feel right

[tehstucky]

thank you for posting this. my son and i have had tics since he was 5 and i was about 7. my family thinks that we only do it because we are thinking about it which for me now goes without saying they think we are compulsive. this video will help me prove to them that we tic and are not compulsive.

[zeebeewee]

excellent video

[GreenGirl444]

nicely said

[TheMainMeal]

I do love your no nonsense way of explaining things...its great!

[pmnd6877]

Hey,Franck!!

I didn't know that about you... it touch me because...I think i'm bipolar too but without tics...I never go at doctor or someone else...I feel like the girl in "girl interrupted",Did you watch this film?

I don't know if i'm sick or not...maybe i don't want to know....

Kiss!!!!!

[EandHShow]

I know how it feels..........

[Kristiniskool]

I don't think that compulsions are always a response to a thought. Sometimes compulsions are a response to a feeling. Someone with ocd might keep doing something over and over until it feels "right". It's like a feeling of doubt, and the feeling of doubt doesn't go away until you do the compulsion. Then it feels okay.

[Tictionary]

Yes but *is* that a compulsion or a tic?

[Kristiniskool]

Well, I don't have tourettes so it'd be a compulsion.

[Kristiniskool]

This is a very interesting and very, very good explanation about how these disorders relate! VERY VERY well put. Thank you for posting, you've answered many of the questions I had about how they relate.

[Kristiniskool]

What do you mean by tics are in response to a sensation? What kind of sensation? An urge to tic? The urge with tourettes doesn't go away until you have a tic? I thought tourettes is when your body just randomly moves without you telling it to.

[Kristiniskool]

So, a sensory tic is a tic that you know is coming?

[wuxiafan]

You feel some tics coming, but you just have to "do" them

[WeAreBullets]

hey, are u going to school for psychology or another science? cause you sound like you'd do really well in that area.

[DumbAndPlumber]

Wow, you speak like a theoretical scientist! Very smart. And awesome insight and explanation, for those who are cerebral enough to really grasp it.

[Yobachi2007]

I think your original continuum sounds more right in describing the two. It makes so much sense.

[Ingamells17]

Interesting vid man, nice.

But, How old are you?

And, Are you from London, a posh part no doubt?

Oxfordshire or somewhere like that.

Alex.

[Tictionary]

I'm twenty and from the West Midlands :)

[Ingamells17]

There is no way your twenty.

And, it says your female on your profile... Your male I'm sure.

[Tictionary]

And you consider yourself the expert on all things to do with me because...?

[Crazydemon98]

the most gayest video and u studer so much example i im ss so ga ga gay

[Tictionary]

lol

[amyskis]

Help! Please check out my video and tell me what you think of the boy in the blue shirt? Thank you so much!

[Tictionary]

Amyskis I have now commented on your video and replied to your message :)

[ahaili]

Wow... You really got me thinking on this one... I have often wondered if I have OCD and that is what's causing my tics... Seriously, hearing someone else explain something I have always wondered about and believed myself is very reassuring and makes me feel like I am not alone. Thank you! The thing that really hit me was that my "OCD" doesn't really come from fear. I didn't know if that was possible and I'm glad to know it is.

[raecelestek]

Studying the spectrum is so interesting..

When we have a better understanding of how our minds work, we can better control it..........

[raecelestek]

You have a beautiful mind..

=)

[Tictionary]

Me? Thanks :)

[drknsqueen]

this is a wonderful vid...thank you for posting it:) the tic I hated the most was my swallowing tic! You are a very brilliant person and are helping so many:)

[Tictionary]

Glad to be of service :) Thanks for your comment :)

[ThatTrampGuy]

Sexy

[borderline04]

Hello Tictionary

I think this video is excellent and puts clearly into words what I have been trying to understand myself and get across to others (including my treatment team) for years. I am even tempted to suggest to my psychiatrist that she looks at your video. Thank you so much, Tictionary.

[Tictionary]

No problem :) I'm really please it's been of use. I hope the psychiatrist watches it! :)

[majcherek128]

Gosh... I know alot about wanting to search information about ones condition(s)... else I wouldn't be watching your channel in the first place... :D

By the way... You are doing an AMAZING job in describing these things... thank you...

[Tictionary]

Thank you very much :)

[WingedDrant]

More people should see this; it was very clear and well spoken, giving a well constructed statement. I especially loved the graphs, even if it's outdated by the end of the video.

[Tictionary]

Thanks :)

[IamBlair]

Very well explained! :)

[Tictionary]

Thanks :)