I’m asking because this streamer has tics and a video is going around of her saying all of these bad words when she tics and people in the comments were sympathizing and some even were talking about how they can relate, so my question is why do people with tics say bad words when they tic and why does it seem common?
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I know who you’re talking about and she has a more severe case of Tourettes. It’s really not that common at all for people with Tourettes to cuss or to even say words, it’s just more interesting when they do, so it gets more media attention. Saying words and skipping jumping, hitting yourself repeatedly are examples of complex tics, and most people have simple tics like whistling, coughing, tongue popping, face touching, snapping, little yelps, etc. No one wants to do an expose on someone with simple tics, like myself who just flings their arms and whistles (mostly). As for myself it does kind of feel like a sneeze coming on and sometimes I can mitigate the severity of my movements, but sometimes there is just no stopping it at all. Outside stimulation can definitely affect the tics, but that doesn’t make them any more voluntary. I will fling my arms harder when I’m around my boyfriend than I will around my female friends because subconsciously I know that they’re much more delicate, but that doesn’t mean that I can help it. I also tic way more when I’m scared to tic, or worrying about causing a scene. This particular streamer had the n-word spammed in her chat(?) for months and months until she started ticcing it. I hear from my friends that tic words that they usually tic something that they’re scared they’ll say, even if they don’t cuss when they tic. One of my friends ticced “I hate children!” when she was picking up her niece from daycare.
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