The degree to which tics are involuntary (text version)

Silent text version of 'The Degree to Which Tics are Involuntary'. This version is clearer, more concise and contains more information.

Some people have asked me why some tics can be held back while others can't. Here is an explanation of the degree to which tics are involuntary. It also explains why some people say their tics are completely involuntary and uncontrollable while other people say they are more like compulsions and that they can hide them.

When I talk about the involuntary sensations, these are what are known as 'sensory tics' and 'premonitory urges'.

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• Tourette
• Tourette's
• syndrome
• disorder
• chronic
• motor
• vocal
• tic
• tics
• health
• neurological
• neurology
• involuntary
• automatic
• compulsions
• CMTD
• transient
• TTD
• phantom
• sensation
• feeling
• sensory
• premonitory
• urge

[Jaculum]

I would also like to throw out some thanks for this video.

This exact explaination is something I've been trying to work out for quite some time. I've never seen a psychologist to work out any disorders I might have, but I've had some tics since early childhood that I've struggled to try to explain to the people that have witnessed them, but I didn't even understand why they happened in the first place. With this information... now I know for sure that something's up.

[Tictionary]

Thanks for the thanks :) To diagnose a tic disorder though, you'd need to see a neurologist.

[JasonUK79]

Thanks for posting this. It helps me understand better about my tics. As I've gotten older I've found the sensation and response times have increased greatly and I CAN stop the tic without actually ticcing a lot of the time but, because I haven't actually ticced the sensation keeps coming back until eventually I do tic. Sometimes the delayed tic will come without the sensation at that time. It's very weird.

[Tictionary]

Thanks for the thanks :) I'm glad it's useful :)

[aurista25]

I found that people could induce my tic by tapping the affected shoulder. If I tried to hold the tic... it would go away... only to come back 5 times stronger; when I least expected it!

Anyway... I never went to a neurologist, and I basically assumed I had a tic disorder. (It was weird)

I don't think I have/had tourette's b/c my tics suddenly went away when I got back from a vacation. It took 1 month... and they ebbed away.

At 23y/o I can feel the sensation (sometimes). But my urge is gone!

[aurista25]

This is one of the best explanations I've seen for something I've been trying to understand and explain myself.

I've had tics where my head and shoulder would jerk together... and it started out as being rather simple movements and infrequently like a shiver... maybe 3-4 a day.

At my worst I was ticcing (under stress) severely with whole body movement and elaborate tics... I even developed vocalizations. This was from when I was 15-18y/o. (more -->)