Tourette Syndrome and OCD
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I wonder if enopugh people understand that OCD is not all about washing your hands over and over or dressing and undressing etc. Just like Tourettes Syndrome is NOT all about the tics.. I hope enough people know this because it assist in understanding of person with this genetic disorder. My son and I were very very very fortunate, My sons doctors, teachers and friends favored him. I have heard of people being teased daily, we just did not exsperience this. A great Networks makes the difference.
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@mensan007 what do you do for his associated disorders? maybe he doesn't have the Comorbids. I have heard that some do not but have never met anyone who has Tourettes and doesn't have the associated disorders like OCD, ADHD and more.
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exactually!
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@ZiggyOsiris who ever wrote the response that starts with I really hope you...
I am in agreement.
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@dc5000 This is exactly the best way to explain Tourette Syndome to people who don't have, trying to stop a tic is exactly like or similar in feeling as to stop blinking. My first tic at the age of 5, was in fact compulsive blinking, this is how all this started
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@cryosun Ahhh sorry then. Haha I got myself all worked up over nothing :D
I'm sitting there thinking "I can't believe that this ignorant comment has 6 thumbs up!!"
Sorry about that, I suppose I should read more carefully next time XD
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@ZiggyOsiris Oh, heaven's no! Some jerk was saying "these kids just need discipline". Their grammar and spelling was as if they were drooling that nonsense into the keyboard. The comment was meant for that incompetent jerk who thinks dominance and punishment are the solution for everything. Discipline does not teach spelling, or cure mental illness, I promise!
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@mensan007 you are correct...
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WTF?
thats incredibly ignorant. Tourettes syndrome is an incurable disorder. Coprolalia is a vocal tic where the person says innapropriate words or slurs, they have no control over it, it like asking you not to blink. Supressing tics gives them a horrible unsettling feeling. Try not to blink for a few minutes..
dc5000 3 years ago 8
@cryosun I really hope you aren't suggesting that discipline will get rid of tourettes. Imagine dropping the n-bomb when you see a black person at the store before you even have time to stop it. Or maybe an irresistible urge that can only be rid of by flexing the right muscles or even hitting yourself in the right place. You've never experienced this, so you are in no place to judge.
ZiggyOsiris 1 year ago 6