Autism, Tourettes and: Emotions

Stereotypical geek type, seemingly emotionless, lacking empathy, mind like a computer...not entirely so and here's why...

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• autism
• emotions
• feelings
• asperger's
• tourettes's
• coprolalia

[coillockspiral]

Hi there! Thanks for posting the vids....very interesting. Could you elaborate on how longer-term emotional attachments work? I am interested to know more about sensations of love and so forth with respect to close family members. Is there an emotional window for that sort of thing? Best wishes!

[TheMainMeal]

As far as emotional attachments are concerned I can only describe them in terms of sensory experience, as i cannot access any feelings I can't describe whats there. If I imagine life without my wife or if my wife goes away for a few days, I get a gnawing physical sensation in my stomach, and a dim sense that something is horribly wrong, my activities are affected and I cannot concentrate or do anything 'productive'. Similar sensations happen with regard my children though to a lesser degree.

[BalderKongen]

Hey Guy! So love this video =) And the jolly good comment always makes me laugh ;D Hope everything is ok with you!

[TheMainMeal]

Hello my friend , I'm glad my vid still gives you a chuckle..take care

[carolhester]

my son has aspergers and his tics are getting pretty bad, they think he may have tourettes. Please, would you consider emailing me and discussing so that I may get a clear view on how to help my son. I don't want to make things worse for him and I don't know what to do.

[TheMainMeal]

sure thing..

[luaulola]

Its seems exhausting .

[ukmaggot]

just curious, how come most verbal tics I hear from sufferers with tourettes are profanities ?

[doggydog941]

fake



[pankakesforlife]

i used to have tics.

i blinked in a special order (one eye at the time left first)

always left foot first when i go up the stairs

sometimes i had to do things three times.

scratch my face in lots of places in a special order.

[dylasauruswrecks]

@ukmaggot hear its because most people with tourettes have symptoms of OCD as well and when they feel a tic coming, because of the OCD, they tend to think of the riskiest thing to say at the moment. which if in an airport for example may be "bomb" or something. around any black people itd probably be "n*gger" and so forth.

[Henk075]

How do you go to the barber...

[ukmaggot]

@noxure I see, thankyou for enlightening me, i blame the lack of understanding in the media partly, they only seem to show the tv worthy material,my bad, thanks again :)

[noxure]

@ukmaggot I don't know, but your question suggests you are gravely misinformed about Tourettes. Most people are.

Having 'profane vocal tics' is called Coprolalia and only about 10% of people who have Tourettes suffer from it.

Also, people who have Coprolalia don't necessarily have Tourettes syndrome. It can also occur with people who have Alzheimer or suffer brain damage after a stroke or accident.

It's not because one wears shoes that he also wears socks.

[menot4you]

I just LOVE your vids<3

[hidenorivideo]

Hmmm.. I'm no expert, but I kind of want to call bullshit here. You seem more like a stoic than an autist..?

[stryderzer0]

Why would someone be talking about something like this on the worst day on wall street

[richrich27]

i feel sorry...