Examples of Tics (motor)

This video shows a small number of motor (movement) tics, as found in people with Tourettes syndrome and chronic motor tic disorder.

I do have tics, but the tics in this video have been exaggerated to show up in the overly-compressed video!

This is not a comedy. If you are looking for something to laugh at, please go elsewhere.

I apologise for the apalling compression. It was fine before I uploaded it. Why does YouTube compress the compressions? Grr...

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[Sawsoonah]

thank u 4 clearing it up :)

I have a quistion. Does motor tics gets worse by time?

[Tictionary]

@Sawsoonah: They can do. But I think they're more likely to get better. They also get a bit worse and a bit better in a sort of cycle. This is called waxing and waning. So one month they might be bad, then next not bad at all and then they might get bad again. But overall they tend to get better.

[Sawsoonah]

thank u so much 4 taking time & answering my quistion.

I discovered latley that I suffer motor tics.

I have one more quistion does blinking consider as facial tics?

[Tictionary]

Blinking that is abnormal might be a tic or it might be caused by another condition.

[EasilyDistLOOKABIRDY]

@TheShadowThug That's a pressure thing. It's commonly associated with Aspergers/Autism.

[MrHype242]

@Sawsoonah I have been diagnosed with motor tics at the age of 14.. When i was in high school it was very bad.. My arms would tic along with my feet and head.. Now nearing the age of 20 it has definitely gotten better... Now i simply do a quick head shake.. That makes it look like i'm shaking my head and saying no..

[TheShadowThug]

has anyone ever had this experience? when you blink one eye and you feel like you have to blink the other, or you step on something while walking and feel like you have to step on it with your left too. Anyone know what i'm talking about?

[miranybeetle]

one more thing. this could be more of ocd or something of the sort, but when i'm paying attention to the thing I do with my arm, i get physically agitated; it's almost as though it gets made worse. I get the same physical agitation when I'm watching shows like The OCD Project and people with OCD carry out their compulsions. Does this happen to you? When you notice &/or pay attention to your tics do you find them getting worse?

[miranybeetle]

Thank you for making this video. All of your videos are very informative and helpful.

Since I was a child I've had what I'm now wondering is a tic. I will move my arm (more often I do this with my right arm than my left) up and out as if to "fix" something that's bothering my armpit. Nothing is physically pestering my armpit. When I first started doing it I thought it might have been physical, then I realized it's more psychological. Is it a tic? I don't think about it when I do it.

[aifusatiluj]

OH! I think my son have tics. He's 9, he makes that nose twitch facial and he often makes uh-uh sound. WIll it go away?

[ImWalkingAfterYou]

I have the facial and head/neck tics and I blink all the time. :(

[AnerchX]

I got head tics .. what should I do ?

[roastedtunasauce]

Thanks! Just what I needed.